George Edwin Heath

Male16 February 1834–12 October 1905

Brief Life History of George Edwin

When George Edwin Heath was born on 16 February 1834, in Bow Center, Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Simeon Heath, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Clough, was 29. He married Eliza B. Eaton on 5 June 1855, in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States in 1860 and Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1870. He died on 12 October 1905, in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Edwin Heath
1834–1905
Eliza B. Eaton
1836–1882
Marriage: 5 June 1855
Percy E. Heath
1858–1939
Arthur H. Heath
1862–1869

Sources (30)

  • George E in entry for Heath, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • George E Heath in household of Simeon Heath, "United States Census, 1850"
  • George E. Heath, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 June 1855Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 2

    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.

    1846

    Age 12

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 29

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

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(on the) heath’ (Middle English he(a)th, Old English hǣth) or else a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin, Ireland, since the late 16th century.

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

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