Eliza Catherine Murry

  Noted events in her life were:

• Notes. Birthdate copied from family bible by Coleman family abt 1980 for Wayne Barrett.

• census, 1870, Ward 6, Union Parish, LA. Name: Eliza E Mury
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Age in 1870: 7
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1870: Ward 6, Union, Louisiana
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Union Cross Road

• census, 1880, Union Parish, LA. Name: Lizer C. Murray
Home in 1880: 6th Ward, Union, Louisiana
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to head-of-household: Daughter
Father's name: Solomon
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Catherine
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Keeps House
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female

• Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925, 1881, Union Parish, LA. Name: Charles L. Elkins
Spouse: Eliza C. Murry
Marriage Date: 13 Dec 1881
Marriage Place: Union

• Notes. Charles and Eliza moved to Texas in a covered wagon in 1881 and moved back to Union Parish, Louisiana in 1891. There were eight children.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbowie/NBGSFamilyHistories/ElkinsHarmonKinsley.htm

• census, 1910, Union Parish, LA. Name: Eliza Elkins
Age in 1910: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse's name: Charlie
Home in 1910: Police Jury Ward 3, Union, Louisiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female

• census, 1920, Ward 3, Union Parish, LA. Name: Eliza C Elkins
Home in 1920: Police Jury Ward 3, Union, Louisiana
Age: 51 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's name: Charley L
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

• Tombstone.

Eliza married Charles Londulius Elkins, son of Harmon Kinsley Elkins and Nancy Caroline Campbell, on 15 Dec 1881 in Union Parish, LA. (Charles Londulius Elkins was born on 26 Nov 1856 in Cherry Ridge, Union Parish, LA, died on 4 Nov 1942 in Mt Union, Union Parish, LA and was buried in Mount Union Cemetery, Spearsville, Union Parish, LA.)