Brief Life History of Elizabeth Rachel
Elizabeth Rachel Edwards was born on 14 September 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She married Ephraim Edgar Ellsworth on 22 November 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 19 February 1878, in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- Elyabeth Ellsworth in household of Edger Ellsworth, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elizabeth Rachel Edwards Ellsworth, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Edwards in entry for Sadie Ellen Ellsworth Beckstead, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elizabeth Rachel Edwards Bennett
Why she had the name Bennett? Her mother died shortly after she was born. When she was about 8 month old she was given to Thomas McGuire Bennett and Margaret Lovina Wilson, who were friends of her fat …
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