Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Derricott was born on 23 December 1853, in Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. She married John Clayton on 13 August 1874, in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States in 1910 and Summit, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 24 January 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Clayton in household of John Clayton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962
- Elizabeth Tonks, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
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.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): variant of Darracott, a habitational name from one or other of several places originally named Dod(d)ecote (‘Dodda's cottage’ from the Old English personal name Dodda + Old English cot), with post-medieval development of intervocalic d to r and unrounding of o to a. The Devon surname is from either of two places called Darracott in Georgeham and Welcombe (both in Devon), or from Higher Darracott in Great Torrington (Devon). All of them are earlier recorded as Doddecote. The Staffordshire surname is probably from Dodcott in Audlem (Cheshire), which lies nine miles west of Aston (Staffordshire). The Shropshire surname may alternatively derive from Dodecote Grange, in Child's Ercall (Shropshire), but no evidence has been found for a medieval surname referring to this place.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of My Mother, Elizabeth Tonks Clayton
My mother, Elizabeth Tonks Clayton, was born in Rockwardinewood, Shropshire, England on December 7, 1854. Her mother Martha Derricott Tonks, born May 24, 1828 had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of …
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