Eliza Jane Birge was born 1 March 1817 in the Mississippi Territory.
Eliza Birge and Evan Stanfield were married about 1834 in Mississippi. By 1850 they are living in Washington Parish, Louisiana and appear on the United States census that year. [1]
By 1860 Eliza and Evan have moved to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. There are two children left at home. [2]
Eliza Birge Stanfield died 7 April 1868 in Louisiana.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJX-XGL : 22 December 2020), Eliza Stanfield in household of Evan Stanfield, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑1860 Census:"1860 United States Federal Census". The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Ward 3, Caldwell, Louisiana; Roll: M653_409; Page: 246; Family History Library Film: 803409. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #38472745 (accessed 27 November 2022). E R Stanfield (45), Magoner, in Ward 3, Caldwell, Louisiana. Born in Mississippi.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Michael Fontenot for creating WikiTree profile Birge-174 through the import of Fontenot_2013-08-22.ged on Aug 22, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eliza Jane: