When Eliza Alice West was born on 6 April 1862, in Old Street St Luke, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Henry John West, was 29 and her mother, Eliza Dangerfield, was 29. She married George Henry Draper on 25 November 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 5 May 1918, in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in South Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1877: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMy father, George Henry Draper was the second son of William and Jane Bryant Draper. He was born March 10, 1863 (family search shows 1862) in Easterton, Wiltshire, England - four days after the death …
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