Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Oldham was born on 27 February 1858, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Oldham, was 44 and her mother, Maria Heap, was 41. She married Rodney Badger Remington on 28 July 1877, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870 and Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 22 November 1898, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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- Eliza Oldham in household of John Oldham, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Rodney Badger Remington, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
- Eliza Oldham in entry for Lnink Oldham Remington, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald ‘old’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island, water meadow’.
History: Colonist and trader John Oldham was born in Lancashire, England, c. 1600 and emigrated to North America in 1623, arriving at Plymouth, MA, in July on the ship Anne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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