When Eliza Melissa Aldrich McGary was born on 29 May 1848, in Platte, Missouri, United States, her father, Charles James McGary, was 40 and her mother, Charlotte Elizabeth Earl, was 32. She married Benjamin Franklin Garr on 8 February 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 26 November 1930, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English: variant of Aldridge 1, from the Middle English personal names Alrich or Elrich and Aldrich or Eldrich.
History: The earliest recorded bearer of this surname in North America is George Alrich, who came from Derbyshire to MA in 1631.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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