Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Reed was born on 7 May 1836, in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Reed, was 34 and her mother, Ann Cole, was 26. She married Nathaniel Vary Jones on 27 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860.
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- Eliza Jones in household of William A Martindale, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eliza Reed, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Eliza Reed Jones, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Reed-Ann Cole
John Reed - Ann Cole Compiled by Barbara Reed Clarke in 1989 John Reed was born 13 September 1801, at Crayford, Kent, England. He was the son of Francis and Susan Reed. Crayford, Kent, where …
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