Eliza Isabella Slyoff

Brief Life History of Eliza Isabella

When Eliza Isabella Slyoff was born on 19 March 1860, in Elk, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Lowe, was 36 and her mother, Isabelle McNeil, was 24. She married Reuben Monroe Jaqua on 13 December 1882, in Calhoun, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Cheyenne, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Wano, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 December 1938, in Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Monroe Jaqua
1858–1938
Eliza Isabella Slyoff
1860–1938
Marriage: 13 December 1882
Magnolia Jaqua
1885–1970
Josephine Jaqua
1893–1989

Sources (11)

  • Eliza I Jaqua in household of Ruben M Jaqua, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
  • Lyda, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Lydia Slyoff in entry for Jaqua, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"

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World Events (8)

1863

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

1873

Historical Boundaries: 1873: Cheyenne, Kansas, United States

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

Short form of Elizabeth , first used in the 16th century, and popular in the 18th and 19th centuries as an independent given name. It was used by George Bernard Shaw for the main female character, Eliza Dolittle , in his play Pygmalion ( 1913 ), which was the basis for the musical and film My Fair Lady.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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