When Elizabeth Howard was born on 13 September 1821, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Howard, was 37 and her mother, Tamar Mills, was 33. She married Owen Isom on 11 March 1839, in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and St Thomas' Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 18 December 1898, in Mountain Dell, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States.
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English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
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Possible Related NamesA BIOGRAPHY OF OWEN AND ELIZABETH HOWARD ISOM As told to Hortense Bradshaw By Sarah Isom Wilson My father, Owen Isom, was born May 2, 1814, in Birmingham, England or on a farm close by. He was th …
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