Elizabeth Valeria Ash

1847–1922 (Age 75)
Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Elizabeth Valeria

When Elizabeth Valeria Ash was born on 4 August 1847, in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Franklin Park Ash, was 25 and her mother, Mary M Fulmer, was 22. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 8 September 1922, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Park Ash
1822–1889
Mary M Fulmer
1824–1891
Catherine Fulmer Ash
1840–1919
Elizabeth Valeria Ash
1847–1922

Parents & Siblings

  • Franklin Park Ash

    Male1822–1889Male

  • Mary M Fulmer

    Female1824–1891Female

siblings

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World Events (8)

1863

Age 16

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

Age 16

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

Age 20

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

1 English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).2 In New England, Ash is commonly found for French Dufresne , with the same meaning.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an acronym for Yiddish AltSHul ( see Altschul ) or AyznSHtot ( see Eisenstadt ).

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (2)

  • Elizabeth Ash in household of Franklin P Ash, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lizzie T Ash in household of Franklin P Ash, "United States Census, 1870"

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