Elizabeth Kilpatrick

Female20 October 1862–18 November 1917

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Kilpatrick was born on 20 October 1862, in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada as the daughter of Wm. Kilpatrick. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Walter Harriman Forqueran. She died on 18 November 1917, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Harriman Forqueran
1858–1950
Elizabeth Kilpatrick
1862–1917
Ethel E Barker
1888–
William Arthur Forqueran
1892–1975

Sources (5)

  • Lizzie Ferguerson in household of Walter H Ferguerson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elizabeth Kilpatrick Forqueran, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Elizabeth Forqueran, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"

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Children (2)

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World Events (8)

1863

Age 1

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

1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

Age 5

The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 19

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

Irish (Ulster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phádraig ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Patrick’ (Irish Pádraig). See also Fitzpatrick .

Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called in Gaelic as cill Padraig ‘church of (Saint) Patrick’. See also Kirkpatrick .

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

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