Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Rudkin was born on 7 June 1873, in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Rudkin Sr, was 22 and her mother, Mary Anne Footitt, was 20. She married Harry Wingate Foland on 25 June 1896, in Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Staveley, Derbyshire, England in 1881 and Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 17 August 1957, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Valhalla Cemetery, Midland Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Elizia R Toland in household of Robert Toland, "United States Census, 1900"
- Eliza Rudkin Cummings, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eliza Cummins in entry for Katharine Mary Uhri, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English rud(de) ‘red’ + the diminutive suffix -kin. Compare Rudd .
from a Middle English pet form of the Old Norse female personal name Rudda, of unexplained etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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