Brief Life History of Elizabeth Boyes
When Elizabeth Boyes Andrus was born on 4 April 1874, in Crescent, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Milo Andrus Jr, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Boyes, was 22. She married Thomas Henry Ritchie on 15 December 1897, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 30 years and Election Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 1 August 1959, in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Holladay Memorial Park, Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth A. Andrus in household of Milo Andrus, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Andrus - birth: 4 April 1874; Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Elizabeth B. Andrus, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1897 · The Utah State Historical Society
The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrews .
History: William Andrus came to Boston in 1635 and moved to New Haven in 1639, where he died in 1676.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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