Eliza Duncombe

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Duncombe was born on 28 October 1849, in Darlaston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Duncombe, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Glover, was 33. She married Edwin Francis Fletcher on 25 January 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia in 1926. She died on 20 May 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Francis Fletcher
1840–1913
Eliza Duncombe
1849–1926
Marriage: 25 January 1868
Francis Eugene Fletcher
1868–1956
Melvina Fletcher
1871–1953
Rose Fletcher
1873–1916
Edwin Fletcher
1875–1938
Albert Joseph Fletcher
1877–1880
Sarah Jane Fletcher
1880–1925
Willard Nephi Fletcher
1884–1972

Sources (30)

  • Eliza D Fletcher, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Duncombe - Memory of Someone: Memory of a parent: birth-name: Elizabeth Duncombe
  • Eliza Duncombe Fletcher, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, 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.

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of several places so named, such as Duncombe in Donnington (Gloucestershire), Duncombe in Bilsborrow (Lancashire), Duncombe in Bishops Waltham (Hampshire), or Duncombe in Sherford (Devon), probably from Old English dūn ‘hill’ + Old English cumb ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Duncombe - "Our Pioneer Heritage" - Chapter: They Came Along

"Our Pioneer Heritage“ FHL 979.2 H2c, under chapter titled "They Came Alone", pgs. 332-3, Sarah's sister, Eliza Duncombe, states: “I was born in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, my par …

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