Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Adams was born on 20 September 1855, in Raunds, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Adams, was 25 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Hazeldine, was 24. She married Hyrum Thomas Reese on 18 October 1874, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 4 July 1916, in Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Reese in household of Hyrum T Reese, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Adams - birth-name: Elizabeth Adams
- Elizabeth Adams Reese, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah Territory, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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