Brief Life History of Elizabeth Bell
When Elizabeth Bell Axtell was born on 29 April 1884, in Cambridge Election Precinct, Furnas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Eugene Axtell, was 32 and her mother, Carrie Bell Burroughs, was 24. She married Hyman James Alexander Wilkinson on 25 December 1906, in Cambridge, Furnas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Liberty Election Precinct, Perkins, Nebraska, United States in 1940 and Grant, Perkins, Nebraska, United States for about 1 years. She died on 24 November 1971, in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Grant, Perkins, Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Elizabeth Wilkenson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elizabeth B Axtell, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Elizabeth Bell Axtell Wilkinson, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1873–1951 Male
1884–1971 Female
Children (6)
1907–1984 Female
1910–1911 Male
1912–2011 Female
1915–1997 Female
1917–2009 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1852–1920 Male
1859–1930 Female
Siblings (4)
1879–1961 Male
1883–1888 Male
1884–1971 Female
1887–1949 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1886
Age 2
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 23
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Asketill, from Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘sacrificial cauldron, helmet’ (see also Haskell ). This name was in use both among Scandinavian settlers in eastern England (esp. Norfolk) and among the Normans.
nickname for a salt merchant or seller of salt, from Middle English hakke-salt ‘chop salt (into pieces)’. The development of the surname to Axtel is evidenced in 16th-century Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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R. D. Cresap remembers Elizabeth
Nov. 24, 1917. Here I record the death of Elizabeth Axtell Wilkinson, age 87 years. She was my Maude's older sister, and the last of the family. Burial in the cemetery at Grant, Nebr., beside her husb …
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