When George Washington Elliott was born in December 1855, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Daniel Elliott, was 37 and his mother, Martha W. Miller, was 35. He married Mary Aborn White on 18 November 1880, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1860 and Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States for about 50 years. He died on 7 April 1941, in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 85.
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The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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