Elizabeth Perley Howard

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Perley

When Elizabeth Perley Howard was born about 1829, in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Howard, was 34 and her mother, Laurinda Woodbury, was 30. She married Edwin Augustus Dudley on 9 May 1849, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Tuscarora, Steuben, New York, United States in 1880. In 1870, at the age of 42, her occupation is listed as keeping house . She died on 24 April 1902, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Augustus Dudley
1827–1922
Elizabeth Perley Howard
1829–1902
Marriage: 9 May 1849
Sarah J Dudley
1839–
Oscar A Dudley
1846–
Ella"Nellie" Frances Dudley
1852–1933
Emma Elisabeth Dudley
1854–1854
Sarah Addelaide Dudley
1856–1914
Lillie F Dudley
1859–
Laura E Dudley
1861–1894
Charles E Dudley
1866–1930
Emma A Dudley
1870–1896

Sources (23)

  • Elizabeth Howard in household of Jonathan Howard, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Howard, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Sarah Howard, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"

World Events (8)

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1857

Historical Boundaries: 1857: Anoka, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Anoka, Minnesota, United States

Name Meaning

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 ‘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.

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

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