Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Adkin was born on 5 May 1862, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Adkin, was 36 and her mother, Charlotte Treece, was 28. She married Edward Lehi Seager on 1 January 1881, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 February 1935, 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 Atkins in household of John Atkins, "New York State Census, 1865"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Adkin - Individual or family possessions: birth: 5 May 1862; Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Atkin, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Anglo-Saxon: Eard, earth, and cyn, kin, kind, meaning earth relative
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