Anna Elizabeth Dixon

Brief Life History of Anna Elizabeth

When Anna Elizabeth Dixon was born on 29 December 1870, in Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel G Dixon, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Ann Thompson, was 28. She married Samuel Patterson Leech on 5 September 1893, in Elk, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. In 1910, at the age of 40, her occupation is listed as laundress in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 5 July 1948, in Pinecreek, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Winfield Steele
1873–1911
Anna Elizabeth Dixon
1870–1948
Marriage: about 1902
Elton Steele
1903–
Joseph Steele
1906–
Annabelle Steele
1909–

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Steele in household of Nancy Dixon, "United States Census, 1920"
  • S P Lord Or Leech and Libbie Dixon, 05 Sept 1893, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Elizabeth Dixon Glontz, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Dickson , a patronymic from the personal name Dick .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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