When Mary Kate Eldridge was born on 2 February 1848, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Eldridge, was 22 and her mother, Eliza Pearce Radburn, was 35. She married Richard Smith Robinson on 27 October 1866, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 8 November 1868, in Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
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.
English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Elrich or Eldrich, variants of Alrich and Aldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’ (see Aldridge ). The name might also be a variant of Eldrett, a variant of Aldred , which often occurs in Middle English as Aldret and Eldret, and might have been associated with Eldridge as a result of surname confusion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJoseph Eldridge was the seventh child of a family of eleven children. He says in his autobiography: "My parents were very poor and there were eleven children and all at home at one time. There wer …
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