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