Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Taylor was born on 8 October 1856, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joshua Taylor, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Bowyer, was 41. She married William Allen Criswell on 28 December 1879, in Corinne, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 20 November 1939, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Elizabeth J Criswell, "United States Census, 1930"
- Elizebeth Jane Criswell, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"
- Elizabeth Taylor in entry for Louisa Hargraves, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1859 · Big Ben
Big Ben is the name of the bell that is inside the clock tower. It is one of the most famous landmarks in London. The famous ringing from Big Ben is the result of it cracking four months after opening.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a tailor, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor, tailleur; Late Latin taliator, from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America, it has absorbed equivalents from other languages, many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews, for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms, such as Therrien and Terrian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Allen Criswell, Elizabeth Jane Taylor, Elijah (Ed) Criswell, Robert Criswell
My father, William Allen Criswell, was born October 26, 1855 in Wapello County Iowa near Ottumwa, where he was educated in the Public Schools. He was the youngest son of James and Rebecca Skinner Cri …
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