Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Bennett was born on 25 August 1844, in Connahs Quay, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John Bennett, was 21 and her mother, Jane Roberts, was 20. She married John Davidson Hunter on 27 October 1863, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Wepre, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Millard, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 12 June 1924, in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Elezeabeath Hunter in household of John D Hunter, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Bennett - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Elizabeth Bennett
- Elizabeth Bennet, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Elizabeth Bennett
History of Elizabeth Bennett Elizabeth Bennett was born 25 August 1844 in Connah's Quay North Wales. She was the oldest of eleven children of John and Jane Roberts Bennett. Elizabeth had a happy chi …
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