Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann
When Elizabeth Ann Shirts was born on 15 February 1849, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Peter Shirts, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Cameron, was 40. She married William McDonald on 1 August 1919, in Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States for about 40 years and Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 22 November 1937, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth McDonald in household of John Howorth, "United States Census, 1870"
- Photograph of Elizabeth Ann Shirts McDonald attending Celebration of Provo's 77 Birthday; BYU digital collection
- Elizabeth A Shirts, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schertz .
Possibly also an altered form of English Shirt: topographic name for someone who lived on a detached piece of land, Middle English shurte, from Old English scyrte ‘skirt, cut off piece’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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