Elizabeth Rust

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Rust was born in 1847, in Vermont, United States, her father, Dr. William Walker Rust, was 40 and her mother, Mary Aspen, was 32. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850.

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Dr. William Walker Rust
1807–1894
Mary Aspen
1815–1873
Elizabeth Rust
1847–

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth Rust in household of William W Rust, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Rust, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
  • 1850 US Census

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World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Swiss German (also Rüst): topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent elm tree, Rust (Old High German ruost), or in northern Germany for someone who lived by a resting place or halt along a route, from Middle Low German ruste ‘rest’.

German: habitational name from a place called Ruest in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

German: from the rare personal name Rusto (from Old High German (h)rustan ‘prepare, get ready (for military action)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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