Brief Life History of Catherine Elizabeth
When Catherine Elizabeth Radford was born on 10 December 1848, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, her father, John Whitlock Radford, was 34 and her mother, Rachael Leah Smith, was 26. She died on 25 June 1850, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (7)
- Katherine E Radford, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Catherine Elizabeth Radford, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Elizabeth Radford, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Radford (Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Worcestershire), Raddiford (Devon), Ratford (Sussex, Wiltshire), Redford (Angus, Fife, Midlothian, Dorset, Sussex), Retford (Nottinghamshire), Rodford (Gloucestershire), or Rudford (Gloucestershire). Most of these placenames appear to derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, though some are likely to derive from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + ford (e.g. Rodford and Rudford (Gloucestershire)), and the Oxfordshire placename may derive from Old English rād ‘riding’ + ford, probably meaning ‘ford which can be crossed on horseback’. This English name has been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Catherine Elizabeth Radford
Catherine Elizabeth Radford, born 10 December 1848 in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa; died 25 June 1850 by the Platte River on the Mormon Trail in Nebraska. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial; S …
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