Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Lester was born on 6 May 1840, in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Lester, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Cooper, was 30. She married James Stephens Brown on 31 January 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 November 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Eliza Lister in household of James Gaunt, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Eliza Lester, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Eliza Lester Brown, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
English and Scottish: variant of Lister .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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