Eliza Dana

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Dana was born on 14 April 1813, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Francis Dana, was 41 and her mother, Hulda Root, was 41. She married William Gibbs on 16 April 1844, in Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1857 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 67, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 5 February 1900, in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Deseret City Cemetery, Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Gibbs
1821–1899
Eliza Dana
1813–1900
Marriage: 16 April 1844
Josiah Francis Gibbs
1845–1932
Mary Amanda Gibbs
1849–1911
Imogene Josephine Gibbs
1852–1942
Medora Victoria Gibbs
1854–1883

Sources (34)

  • Eliza Gibbs in household of William Gibbs, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Dana - birth: 14 April 1813; Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States
  • Dana Gibbs, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of English Dawney or Dawnay (see Dawn ), cognates of French Daunay (see Donais ).

Czech and Slovak (Daňa); Polish and Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel), or perhaps from a short form of any of various Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’, for example Czech Danomír and Bohdan, Polish Bogdan .

Albanian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from danë (definite form dana) ‘pincers’.

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

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Eliza Dana (Gibbs) Spiritual Experience

“When somewhere about twenty years old, I joined the Methodist Church. My mother was also a Methodist, but I did not remain one long, not more than two or three years. The doctrine of eternal punishme …

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