Ann Elizabeth McGruder

Brief Life History of Ann Elizabeth

When Ann Elizabeth McGruder was born on 29 November 1820, in Henrico, Virginia, United States, her father, Subblett B Magruder, was 27 and her mother, Mary Mallory Woolfolk, was 32. She married Edwin Wortham on 15 April 1845, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 15 September 1880, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Wortham
1811–1885
Ann Elizabeth McGruder
1820–1880
Marriage: 15 April 1845
Alice Wortham
1846–1847
Edwin Wortham
1847–1896

Sources (8)

  • Anna Wortham in household of Edmund Wortham, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ann Eliza Mcgruder, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Annie E. Wortham, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"

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World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Grudaire, apatronymic from the occupational byname grudaire ‘brewer’.

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

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