Elizabeth Eames

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Eames was born on 11 March 1859, in Herefordshire, England, her father, John Eames, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Jenkins, was 26. She married John Douglas Pritchett on 31 December 1874, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Washington, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 2 years. She died on 27 March 1947, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Douglas Pritchett
1853–1935
Elizabeth Eames
1859–1947
Marriage: 31 December 1874
Roy Douglas Pritchett
1877–1957
George Eugene Pritchett
1879–1943
John Edwin Pritchett
1881–1942
Mae Elizabeth Pritchett
1883–1960
Gertrude Alice Pritchett
1885–1969
Glenn Albert Pritchett
1888–1966
Barbara Ellen Pritchett
1890–1891

Sources (44)

  • Elizabeth Eames Pritchett, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Elizabeth Eames, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Elizabeth Eames and John Douglas Pritchett, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Historical Boundaries 1865: Called Taylor's Crossing, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1866: Named changed to Eagle Rock, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Eagle Rock, Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1891: Renamed Idaho Falls, Bingham, Idaho, United States 1911: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English eme, eim ‘uncle’ (Old English ēam). Most of the modern variants of the surname have post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

Immigration of John and Hannah Eames Family

"DEPARTURES. . . . The ship Constitution, which was engaged in consequence of the non-arrival of the Resolute, sailed for New York on the 24th, having on board a company of Saints numbering 457 pers …

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