Brief Life History of Eliza Ann
When Eliza Ann Matthews was born on 9 February 1843, in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Willis Matthews Sr., was 22 and her mother, Sarah Garner, was 20. She married John Taylor Sr. on 7 June 1887, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Election Precinct 1 Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900 and Tooele, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 1 October 1930, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Eliza Taylor in household of Joseph M Taylor, "United States Census, 1920"
- Eliza Matthews, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Eliza Mathews, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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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.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Tuila, Utah Territory, United States 1852: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Eliza Matthews (Taylor) Eliza Matthews, the daughter of Daniel Willis Matthews and Sarah Garner, was born in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England, on February 9, 1843.The 1841 Census listed her parents a …
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