Elizabeth Mainwaring

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Mainwaring was born on 26 May 1808, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Mainwaring, was 24 and her mother, Jane Molyneux, was 27. She married John Smith on 25 July 1832, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She died in July 1852, in Fort Laramie, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Brockbank
1805–1878
Elizabeth Mainwaring
1808–1852
Marriage: 30 August 1836
Isaac Brockbank
1837–1927
Susana Brockbank
1842–1849
Elizabeth Brockbank
1838–1926
Daniel Brockbank
1840–1840
Christiana Brockbank
1840–1841
Daniel Brockbank
1842–1843
John Brockbank
1844–1847
Joshua Brockbank
1848–1941
Agnes Brockbank
1851–1933

Sources (72)

  • Elizabeth Brockbank in household of Wm Mcgruerty, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Elizabeth Mainwaring, Birth and Christening Record
  • Elizabeth Mainwaring, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1815 · Manchester Dock in Liverpool Built

In 1815, the Manchester Dock in Liverpool was constructed by John Foster Sr. It was an important gateway for coal and manufactured goods mainly corn and cotton. It closed in 1929.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Mesnil-Varin in Saint-Paër (Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie). The placename means ‘domain of Warin’ (see Waring ). Compare Manwaring and Mandry .

Irish: adopted for Ó Manaráin, see Mannering 2.

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

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Elizabeth Mainwaring (Brockbank)

(This is a report given by Anastasia Horning England at the Horning reunion in November 2014 about Elizabeth Mainwaring Brockbank who is her fourth great-granddaughter). Elizabeth Mainwaring w …

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