Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth James was born on 22 October 1843, in Breinton, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William James, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 33. She married Gottlieb Enz on 15 December 1866, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Richfield Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 23 August 1926, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Richfield City Cemetery, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Ence in household of Gottleb Ence, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elizabeth James, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Ence, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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