Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Pierce was born on 12 February 1824, in Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia, United States, her father, Gainer Rhodes Pierce, was 48 and her mother, Bethsina McGeath, was 29. She married Enoch Burns on 11 January 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 15 January 1906, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Eliza J Pierce, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Jane Peirce - Individual or family possessions: birth: 12 February 1824; Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
- Elizabeth Jane Pierce, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiographical Sketch of Enoch Burns including daughter Sarah's diary of journey to Arizona
Autobiographical Sketch of Enoch Burns (Told by himself and written by his daughter Sarah Burns Webb) (additions, shown in parenthesis and in italics, giving genealogical data and substantiating hist …
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