Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Billing was born on 23 May 1811, in Warren, Kentucky, United States. She married Samuel Lorenzo Thompson Jr. in 1838, in Adams, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 6 August 1848, in Crook, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Converse, Wyoming, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Elizabeth Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elisabeth Thompson, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elisabeth (Betcy) - Individual or family possessions: death: 6 August 1848; Converse, Wyoming, United States
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World Events (7)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: either a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Billing, derived from Old English bil ‘sword’, or a habitational name from Great and Little Billing in Northamptonshire, meaning ‘(settlement of) the followers (Old English -ingas) of a man called Bill(a) or Bȳdel’.
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, formed with a cognate of Old Saxon bīl ‘sword’.
Danish and Norwegian: from an Old Danish personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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