Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Lane was born on 26 February 1811, in New Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, James L. Lane, was 32 and her mother, Jane, was 32. She married John Games on 15 October 1848, in Hay, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Hay, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 27 August 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Games in household of John Games, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Elizabeth Lane Hyde, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth Lane, "Wales, Brecknockshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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