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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- 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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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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