Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Buxton was born on 5 April 1840, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Buxton, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Carnall, was 20. She married Edward Partridge Jr on 15 February 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 8 September 1898, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Buxton in household of John Buxton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Elizabeth Buxton Partridge, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Buxton in Derbyshire, which in Middle English was called Buchestanes, Bucstones (i.e. ‘bowing stones’, from Middle English b(o)ugen, Old English būgan ‘to bow’ + stanes ‘stones’). It is probably named for logan stones in the vicinity. (Logan stones are boulders so poised that they rock at a touch.)
less commonly, a habitational name from Buxton in Norfolk, which is named with the genitive case of the Old English personal name Bucc (see Buck 1) + Old English tūn ‘settlement, enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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