Eliza GoodyearAge: 71 years1846–1918
- Name
- Eliza Goodyear
- Given names
- Eliza
- Surname
- Goodyear
- Married name
- Eliza Purser
 Birth | November 3, 1846 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 20 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 20 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 22 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Frank Purser — View this family March 4, 1878 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 31 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Kate Eleanor “Nellie” Purser December 28, 1880 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | Anthony Wayne “Jack” Frost — Kate Eleanor “Nellie” Purser — View this family February 14, 1906 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Wayne Purser Frost October 1, 1908 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 69 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 70 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 71 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | February 6, 1918 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Frank Purser |
| husband |
Frank Purser Birth: May 1, 1856 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death: March 5, 1942 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
| herself |
Eliza Goodyear Birth: November 3, 1846 — Ryton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death: February 6, 1918 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1878 — Lillington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
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3 years daughter |
Kate Eleanor “Nellie” Purser Birth: December 28, 1880 24 34 — Devonshire, England, United Kingdom Death: October 6, 1973 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |