Eliza Billington

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Billington was born on 16 December 1825, in Audlem, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Billington, was 21 and her mother, Martha Brown, was 25. She married John Welch Sr on 18 May 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Nodaway, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 16 August 1907, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Welch Sr
1823–1910
Eliza Billington
1825–1907
Marriage: 18 May 1845
Nicholas Welch
1846–1847
child Welch
1854–1854
Elizabeth Preston Welch
1848–1924
Maria Keziah Welch
1850–1941
Eliza Ann Welch
1852–1927
child Welch
1855–1855
Charlotte Welch
1856–1922
Martha Jane Welch
1859–1923
Annie Welch
1861–1939
John Welch Jr
1864–1948
William Wallace Welch
1867–1920
Flora Velletti Welch
1870–1879

Sources (37)

  • Eliza Welch in household of Jno Welch, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Eliza Billington Welch, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Eliza Belington in entry for John Welch, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1841

Historical Boundaries: 1841: Non County Area, Missouri, United States 1841: Andrew, Missouri, United States

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Billington, in Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Bedfordshire. The first of these is first recorded in 1196 as Billingduna ‘sword-shaped hill’ (see Bill 2); the second is in Domesday Book as Belintone ‘settlement (Old English tūn) of Billa’; the one in Bedfordshire is recorded in 1196 as Billendon, from an Old English personal name Billa + dūn ‘hill’. The place in Lancashire is the most likely source of the surname.

History: John Billington (1580–1630), from Spalding, Lincolnshire, was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 and an early settler in Plymouth Colony. Governor Bradford called him ‘the profanest’ of the settlers; eventually he was hanged for murder. His son Francis married and had children.

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

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Story Highlight

Life Sketch of Nicholas (II) and Elizabeth Briggs Welch

Transcribed from the Hatch book by Marjorie Eddy and Kathleen Savage Judd. From “A History of Ann Welch Crookston” by Mary Ann Crookston Farmer, “Welch Family History” by Eleanor Welch Schow, and “E …

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