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Lydia Elrod 1767–1844 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Nov 1767

Birth Location: Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 1844

Death Location: Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States

Father: Christopher Elrod

Mother: Aaltje Soelle

Spouse(s): Roger McKnight

Children(s):

The story of Lydia Elrod began in 1767 in Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. Lydia Elrod married Roger Lee Mcknight. Lydia Elrod passed away in 1844 in Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Lydia Elrod began in 1767 in Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.
  • Lydia Elrod married Roger Lee Mcknight.
  • Lydia Elrod passed away in 1844 in Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christopher Elrod
1721–1785
Birth Location: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America
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Aaltje Soelle
1724–1804
Birth Location: Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
AS

Spouses(s)

Roger McKnight
1763–1851
Birth Location: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Lydia Elrod's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Elrod
1767–1844
Birth Place: Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Christopher Elrod
1721–1785
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America
Aaltje Soelle
1724–1804
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
Grandparents
John (Teter “Johan Dietrich Ellroth”) Ellrodt
1684–1744
Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Marie (Magdalena) Lerchenzeiler
1685–1721
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Johan (Adam Sell Saull) Soelle
1700–1767
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Sarah Burson
1700–
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Casper Ellrodt
1648–1739
Unknown Unknown
1666–
Johann Lerchenzeiler
1658–1746
Susanna Kochen
1662–1719
Heinrich Soelle
1666–1749
Marymaria
1660–1749
George Burson
1660–1715
Hannah Goode
1663–1728
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rosina Hoffmann
1580–1671
Jakob Elrodt
1580–1671
Dietrich
1642–
Johann Lerchenzeiler
1635–
Susanna Kimball
1621–1692
Jacob Zellin(Sellen)
1640–1675
Mariken Sellen
1639–1700
Selwyn Marieken
1620–1670
Mary Stinglen
1620–1690
Richard Burson
1624–1715
Unknown
1630–
Hugh Goode
1625–1694
Ann Bushnell
1638–1686

Lydia Elrod's Timeline

3 Records

1767
7 Nov 1767
Birth of Lydia Elrod in Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
1844
27 Aug 1844
Age 77
Death of Lydia Elrod in Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States
Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States
1844
1844
Age 77
Burial of Lydia Elrod in Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States
Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Nov 1767
    Event Place: Yadkin River, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1844
    Event Place: Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1844
    Event Place: Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States
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