Brief Life History of Nancy Ann
When Nancy Ann Elliott was born on 25 December 1814, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Elliott Sr, was 46 and her mother, Jane Lee Dunn, was 30. She married William Hudson Veach on 14 January 1830, in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1851. She died on 28 June 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ann Grow in household of Henry Grow, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nancy Ann Elliott Grow birth and death dates shown in "Find A Grave Index"
- Ann Grow, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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