When Elizabeth Emma Brewer was born on 21 July 1860, in St George in the East, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Brewer, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Spence, was 27. She married Harrie Morton Barrows about 1877, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 30 years. She died on 11 August 1942, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
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English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .
English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names. . . Came from London, England, 1868 on a steamship. Celebrated her birthday on the ocean. Each person was allowed only so many pounds of luggage. Her birthday presents given by her relatives at the …
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