Brief Life History of Elizabeth Geddes
When Elizabeth Geddes McLean was born on 30 April 1850, in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John William McLean, was 25 and her mother, Marion Geddes Lindsay, was 24. She married Alonzo Turrell Atwood on 9 December 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. She died on 12 April 1917, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.
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- Elizabeth Mclean in household of John Mclean, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Elizabeth Atwood Atwood, "BillionGraves Index"
- Elizabeth Packer in entry for Harold Allred, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869
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Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Eáin, ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) John’. Compare Irish McAloon and McGlone .
History: This is the name of a major Scottish clan traditionally associated with the island of Mull, which claims descent from Gille Eáin na Tuaidh (‘Gillean of the Battleaxe’), who lived in the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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