Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Adams was born on 6 October 1847, in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Henry Adams Sr., was 30 and her mother, Martha Jennings, was 39. She married George Aker Huggins on 11 August 1865, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 22 January 1913, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Eliza Adams in household of Joseph Hadery, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eliza Adams, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1847"
- Eliza Adams Huggins, "Utah Death Certificates, 1913"
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1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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"Eliza Adams Huggins" in "Stories From Our Past"
Eliza was the fourth child born to William Henry Adams and Martha Jennings. ... Eliza was born the 6 October 1847 in Dover Kent, England. Her parents were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of La …
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