When Elizabeth Hodson was born on 20 January 1836, in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hodson, was 28 and her mother, Maria Giller, was 19. She married Joseph Smith Allen on 21 December 1858, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Marriott, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880 and West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 17 February 1917, in Marriott-Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
English:
variant of Hudson .
patronymic from the Middle English personal name Hod(e), a variant of Ode, + -son. See Ott and Oates .
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