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Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist 1755 – 1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1755

Birth Location: Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: Bef. Feb 1823

Death Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Gilchrist

Mother: Margret Cowden

Spouse(s): Alexander Carson

Children(s): William Carson, Sarah Carson

Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist was born in 1755 in Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John William Gilchrist and Margret Cowden. Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist married Alexander Hughan Carson, and had children including William C Carson, Sarah (Sally) Carson. Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist passed away in 1823 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist was born in 1755 in Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John William Gilchrist and Margret Cowden.
  • Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist married Alexander Hughan Carson, and had children including William C Carson, Sarah (Sally) Carson.
  • Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist passed away in 1823 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Gilchrist
1731 – 1795
Birth Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
JG
Margret Cowden
1733 – 1826
Birth Location: Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
MC

Spouses(s)

Alexander Carson
1752 – 1823
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
AC

Children(s)

William Carson
1794 – 1864
Birth Location: Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
WC
Sarah Carson
1795 –
Birth Location: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
SC

Elizabeth Gilchrist's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Gilchrist
1755 – 1823
Birth Place: Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
John William Gilchrist
1731 – 1795
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Margret Cowden
1733 – 1826
Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John Gilchrist
1696 – 1745
Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Jean Espy
1706 – 1777
Cookstown, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
James Gilchrist
1675 –
Lillias Porteous
1672 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Gilchrist's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Sarah) Gilchrist (Abt. 1755 – Bef. Feb 1823) m. Alexander (Hughan) Carson (1752 – 1823)
  1. 1. William (C) Carson (26 Nov 1794 – 14 Dec 1864) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Chidester (Abt. 1800 – 19 May 1870)
    1. 1. Matthew (Rankin) Carson (06 Sep 1823 – 19 Dec 1861) m. Lucetta (Walton) ALLEN (16 Nov 1819 – 20 Aug 1887)
      1. 1. William (Barnabus) Carson (30 May 1846 – 28 Jan 1896) m. Anna A (Oct 1850 – )
        1. 1. Carrie Carson (Apr 1874 – )
        2. 2. Nettie Carson (Sep 1880 – )
        3. 3. Victor (S) Carson (Jul 1888 – )
      2. 2. Charles (Alexander) Carson (30 Sep 1848 – 05 Apr 1899) m. Harriet ("Hattie" Clarice) Folks (9 Oct 1849 – 28 Mar 1928)
        1. 1. Aleatha (Fay) Carson (19 Apr 1876 – 17 May 1963) m. John (Cook) Boynton (23 Aug 1860 – )
        2. 2. Emma (Dee) Carson (20 Jun 1882 – 15 Aug 1972)
        3. 3. Nellie (Lee) Carson (6 Jul 1884 – 7 Oct 1945)
        4. 4. Sarah (“Sadie” Matilda) Carson (Oct 1885 – )
        5. 5. Josephine (Lucetta) Carson (21 Jul 1887 – 7 Jul 1965)
        6. 6. Cecil (Ann) Carson (25 Oct 1894 – 22 Feb 1963)
      3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Carson (Feb 1851 – 19 Apr 1930) m. William (Benjamin) Pride (Abt. 1838 – ) m. Benjamin (S.) Jones (Abt 1821 – )
        1. 1. Charles (Allen) Pride (Abt. 1871 – )
        2. 2. Elmer (William) Pride (9 Jan 1872 – 25 Jun 1958) m. Maude Christ
        3. 3. Grace (Hatty) Pride (1874 – )
        4. 4. William (Jennings) Pride (abt 1876 – )
        5. 5. Martha Reeder (abt 1866 – )
        6. 6. John (Summers) Jones (Abt. May 1880 – )
        7. 7. Darwin (Lester) Jones
        8. 8. Ernest (Arthur) Jones
      4. 4. Emma (Amelia) Carson (1854 – 01 Dec 1940) m. Rev. (Albert) Vandaveer (1852 – 21 Mar 1926)
        1. 1. Robert (Allen) Vandaveer (28 Apr 1874 – 31 Oct 1875)
        2. 2. Albert (Jennings) Vandaveer (13 Sep 1875 – 05 Dec 1940) m. Minnie (Claire) Mills (27 Feb 1878 – 21 Feb 1936) m. Alma (Florence) Carson (08 Oct 1885 – 24 Feb 1976)
        3. 3. Miram (Lily) Vandaveer (07 Oct 1877 – 26 Jul 1957) m. Lucas (Lee) Wilson (Oct 1870 – 1934)
        4. 4. Homer (C) Vandaveer (15 Oct 1879 – 30 Jan 1880)
        5. 5. Bertha (A) Vandaveer (14 Oct 1880 – 14 Jan 1882)
        6. 6. Heber (Clark) VANDAVEER (22 Jun 1884 – 03 Feb 1972) m. Sarah (Ethel) Googe (26 Mar 1882 – 08 Aug 1967)
        7. 7. Ralph (Garrett) Vandaveer (14 Jul 1891 – 02 Dec 1957) m. Mayme (Maude) Mosley (28 Nov 1897 – 23 Mar 1989)
      5. 5. James (Jennings) Carson (12 Jun 1855 – 21 Sep 1926) m. Mary Mendenhall (abt 1852 – 1889) m. Alice (Rae "Allie") Seneff (18 May 1871 – 14 Mar 1960)
        1. 1. John (Winfred) Carson (23 FEB 1882 – 10 FEB 1883)
        2. 2. Matthew (Leonard) Carson (01 Oct 1883 – 1952) m. Alice (E.) Seneff (abt 1888 – )
        3. 3. Alma (Florence) Carson (08 Oct 1885 – 24 Feb 1976) m. Wesley (Shropshire) Neal ( – 07 Aug 1925) m. Albert (Jennings) Vandaveer (13 Sep 1875 – 05 Dec 1940)
        4. 4. Dwight (Harold) Carson (29 Jan 1893 – 7 Jun 1979) m. Dorcas Riddlesperger (5 Jul 1894 – 05 JUL 1984)
        5. 5. Eva (Rae) Carson (1895 – 1898)
        6. 6. Sadie (Eudora) Carson (29 Aug 1898 – Jan 1983)
        7. 7. Emma (Virginia) Carson (11 Apr 1904 – 31 Mar 2001) m. Melvin (Elsworth) Taylor (7 Aug 1903 – Apr 1981)
        8. 8. Infant (Son) Carson (17 Jun 1910 – 17 Jun 1910)
      6. 6. Sarah ((Sadie) Clotilda) Carson (16 August 1858 – 25 Feb 1897) m. John (Thomas) Norton (Abt. 1855 – 26 Feb 1897)
        1. 1. Ethel Norton (9 Oct 1887 – Jun 1970)
        2. 2. Kelvin Norton (2 Dec 1888 – )
        3. 3. Sadie Norton (4 Feb 1897 – 21 May 1981) m. William (Jackson (Jack)) Jamison (2 Apr 1897 – 16 May 1965)
      7. 7. Matthew (Rankin) Carson (08 Jan 1862 – 30 Sep 1950) m. Louisa (Fredericka) Bleich (16 Nov 1865 – 15 April 1919)
        1. 1. Maud Carson (Jul 1885 – )
        2. 2. Emma (Julia Dryke) O'Leary (abt 1887 – 10 Jan 1977) m. John (Thompson) Altman (24 April 1883 – 17 July 1940)
    2. 2. Alexander Carson (30 Jan 1825 – 10 Nov 1850) m. Caroline Fisher (7 February 1824 – 7 December 1880)
    3. 3. William (C) Carson (28 Dec 1825 – 14 Oct 1861) m. Elizabeth ((Eliza)) Cross (Oct 28 1828 – 23 Mar 1912)
      1. 1. Arthur (Melancthon) Carson (Abt. 1849 – Abt. 1925) m. Cordelia (Sarah) Lasher (8 Oct 1857 – 13 Feb 1941)
        1. 1. Waid (Edwin) Carson (8 Aug 1876 – Abt. 1946)
        2. 2. Elizabeth ((Bessie) Eliza) Carson (17 Sep 1878 – Nov 1967) m. Cornelius (C.) Staats (21 Feb 1874 – 17 Oct 1935)
      2. 2. Ellen ((Ella) Eliza) Carson (29 Aug 1851 – ) m. James (H) Mcconnell (11 Mar 1838 – 1 December 1903)
        1. 1. Paul (Carson) McConnell (25 Jan 1892 – 7 Apr 1975) m. Edith Field (16 Jan 1899 – 29 Jul 1959)
      3. 3. William (L (Clyde)) Carson (19 Jun 1854 – 19 Apr 1929)
      4. 4. John (M.) Carson (Abt. 1858 – )
      5. 5. Anna ((Annie) M) Carson (Abt. 1859 – )
      6. 6. Albert (Edwin) Carson (20 Nov 1861 – 01 May 1922)
    4. 4. Ephraim (Chidester) Carson (25 Apr 1833 – 29 Oct 1880)
    5. 5. David (Byers) Carson (Abt. 1837 – 15 Sep 1867) m. Susan Marrion (Sep 1839 – 10 Nov 1914)
      1. 1. Isabel Carson (7 Nov 1860 – 27 Dec 1918)
      2. 2. Theodore (Fruelingheuysen) Carson (10 June 1862 – 18 March 1927)
      3. 3. Sterling (David) Carson (Apr 1867 – 20 Oct 1925)
    6. 6. John (G) Carson (02 Jul 1840 – 23 Feb 1858)
    7. 7. Theodore Carson (Oct 1842 – 22 May 1862)
  2. 2. Sarah ((Sally)) Carson (1795 – )

Elizabeth Gilchrist's Timeline

2 Records

1755
Abt. 1755
Birth of Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist in Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
1823
Bef. Feb 1823
Age 68
Death of Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1755
    Event Place: Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group N

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef. Feb 1823
    Event Place: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
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