Eliza Melissa Aldrich McGary

Brief Life History of Eliza Melissa

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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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Garr
1843–1919
Eliza Melissa Aldrich McGary
1848–1930
Marriage: 8 February 1858
Charlotte Garr
1868–1869
Florence Melissa Garr
1869–1882
Garr
1869–1869
Minnie Pauline Garr
1871–1962
Charles Fielding Garr
1873–1924
Franklin James Garr
1875–1953
William Henry Garr
1878–1924
Jennie Garr
1881–1970
Jessie Garr
1883–1964
Mary Ethel Garr
1886–1963
Earl Garr
1888–1892
McGary Mack Garr
1890–1963
Benjamin Harrison Garr
1892–1976
Elbert Homer Garr
1896–1970

Sources (53)

  • Eliza M Garr in household of Benjamin Garr, "United States Census, 1870"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

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.

Name Meaning

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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