Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Garner was born on 26 August 1836, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Philip Garner, was 27 and her mother, Mary Hedrick, was 24. She married David Henry Browning on 28 May 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Uintah, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 24 March 1930, in Annis, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Little Butte Cemetery, Annis, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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- Elizabeth J Garner in household of Philip Garner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Jane Browning, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Elizabeth Jane Garner Browning in entry for Evaline Browning Campbell, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): perhaps occasionally from the Old French personal name Garnier (see Garnier ), but it is exeptionally rare as a personal name in medieval England and no certain evidence has been found for its use as a surname. Compare Warner .
English: from Middle English gern(i)er, garner, gurner, Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It was probably a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.
English and Scottish: commonly shortened form of Gardner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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