Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Lee was born on 1 December 1846, in Misson, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Lee, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Ann Roebuck, was 25. She married Elisha Thomas on 28 November 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 31 December 1891, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Elisth Lee in household of Jno Lee, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Lee, Certified copy of an Entry of Birth
- Elizabeth Lee, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
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World Events (8)
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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