Elizabeth (Aikens) Worrell (abt. 1796 - aft. 1856)

Born about 1796 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Thomas Britton Larzelere — married 31 Mar 1812 (to 7 Jul 1823) in Pennsylvania

Wife of William H. Worrell — married 13 Jul 1824 in Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died after 1856 after about age 60 in Iowa, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Eliza Aikens married Thomas Britton Larzelere in 1812 in Pennsylvania. They had four children: Margaret (Lazelleer) Jones 1813-1891, Reddon "Reding" W. Lazalier 1816-1859, Thomas B. Lazalier 1820-1858, and lastly a daughter named Eliza Larzelere born in 1822- unknown death date.

Eliza filed divorce from Britton for refusal to support her and their children and on grounds of adultery. Britton remarried to Clarissa Hyatt, a widow with three children: a son (unknown name) b.1814, a daughter Mary Ann b.1817, and a daughter Sarah Jane b.1819. Eliza also remarried, to a man named William Worrell in 1824, and they had a daughter named Maria (Worrell) Robinson together.

Eliza remained in Lancaster, Wells County, Indiana (1840-1852) with her unmarried daughter, Eliza, as her youngest daughter, Maria, was married and living in Michigan.

In around 1852, Eliza moved to Washington Township, Wapello County, Iowa to help raise her grandchildren after the tragic death of their father (her son). She remained there as noted in the 1856 Iowa census listing her (occupation: Milliner), her daughter Eliza, aged 29, and her granddaughter also named Eliza J. Lazallere, aged 8 years old.

Eliza Aikens Larzelere Worrell cannot be found after 1856.^[1]

1820 U S Census; Census Place: Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania; Page: 5; NARA Roll: M33_98; Image: 17..... Britton is not listed with family, Elizabeth is the head of household in Bedford, Penn. She is Female bet. 16-25; 2 Males under 10; 2 Females under 10. Four children total. ^[2]

1850 U S Census: The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Lancaster, Wells, Indiana; Roll: 181; Page: 375a..... Eliza Morrell 53, Eliza Losilear 27. ^[3]

1856 Iowa Census: Name Eliza Worrell Age 60 Birth Year 1796 Birth Place Pennsylvania Residence Date 1856 Residence Place Washington, Wapello, Iowa, USA Gender Female Marital Status Widowed ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Aikens-121 was created by Audrey Staples through the import of aud5rey2015_wikitree.ged on Sep 18, 2015.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224426:7734?ssrc=pt&tid=64277704&pid=38179469948
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4192486_00124?pId=2511911
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1084/images/IA_67-0271?pId=5012561