Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Beckett was born in 1848, in Dearborn, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Smirthwaite Beckett, was 32 and her mother, Mary Abbott, was 24. She lived in Washington Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 22 December 1862, in Dearborn, Indiana, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Dillsboro, Clay Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States.
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- Eliza A Beckett in household of Joe S Beckett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Eliza Ann Beckett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eliza A Beckett in household of Jas Beckett, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (2)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French, Middle English beket ‘small beak’ (a diminutive of Old French bec ‘beak or mouth’), perhaps with reference to someone with a small beak-like mouth or a prominent nose (compare Beck 4), though the Middle English word appears to have had a wide range of applications denoting ‘pointed objects’, including ‘corbel, kind of arrow, kind of bird’, and ‘kind of fish’. This surname is also found in Ireland, especially in Antrim.
English: habitational name from any of the places called Beckett in Berkshire and Devon. The former is named with Old English bēo ‘bee’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’; the latter has as its first element the Old English personal name Bicca.
Altered form of Bequette , a surname of French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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