Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoJanuwari 1 , 1752
Wafa eneminyaka: 84
Umqondiso welanga: Capricorn
Kwaziwa njenge:U-Elizabeth Griscom Ross
Ilizwe lokuzalwa: eunited States
Uzalwe e:IPhiladelphia, ePennsylvania, eUnited States
Idume njenge:Umfazi owenza iflegi yokuqala yaseMelika
Abafazi baseMelika Abafazi beCapricorn
Usapho:
Iqabane / Ex-:UJohn Claypoole (m. 1783-1817), uJohn Ross (m. 1773–1776), uJoseph Ashburn (m. 1777–1782)
utata:USamuel Griscom (1717-1793)
umama:URebecca James Griscom (1721-1793)
abantakwenu:UAbhigayil Griscom, uAnn Griscom, uDeborah Griscom Bolton, uGeorge Griscom, uHannah Griscom Ukugxotha, uJoseph Griscom, uMartha Griscom, uMary Griscom Morgan, uRachael Griscom, uRebecca Griscom, uSamuel Griscom I, uSamuel Griscom II, uSarah Griscom, uSara Griscom Donaldson, uSusannah Griscom UDoane Satterthwaite, uWilliam Griscom
abantwana:UAucilla Ashburn, uClarissa Sidney Claypoole Wilson, uElizabeth Ashburn Claypoole Silliman, uHarriet Claypoole, uJane Claypoole Canby, uRachel Claypoole Jones Fletcher, uSusannah Claypoole Satterthwaite
Usweleke kwi: NgoJanuwari 30 , Ngo-1836
indawo yokufa:IPhiladelphia
U.S. Urhulumente: IPennsylvania
Isixeko: IPhiladelphia
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
Brassaï UReginald Claypo ... UAlana Martina ... Shiya uJacksonNgubani uBetsy Ross?
UBetsy Ross wayengumfazi waseMelika otyholwa ngokwenza iflegi yokuqala yaseMelika, eyaziwa njengeflegi yeBetsy Ross. Wayengowesizukulwana sesine saseMelika esazalelwa ePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania. Yena nomyeni wakhe uJohn Ross babeneshishini lokuphanda kwaye kukholelwa ukuba uMongameli George Washington ucele uBetsy ukuba enze iflegi yokuqala yaseMelika. URoss owenza iflegi yokuqala yaseMelika uphikisiwe ngabaphengululi abaninzi ngenxa yokunqongophala kobungqina obufanelekileyo. Olu lwazi kwabelwana ngalo noluntu ngumzukulwana wakhe kwiminyaka eli-100 emva kwenyani kunye neminyaka engama-50 emva kokubhubha kwakhe. Ibali lapapashwa okokuqala kwincwadi ethi ‘Harper's Monthly.’ Ngokwencwadana, wayekwabizwa ngokuba uza negama elithi ‘United States of America,’ kodwa abukho ubungqina bokuxhasa eli bango. Watshata kathathu ebomini bakhe kwaye waba nabantwana abaninzi kunye nabazukulwana. Nangona ebaluleke kakhulu ngokwenza iflegi yokuqala, abaphengululi abaninzi bathi ilifa lakhe kufuneka libe ngaphezulu kwento ephefumlelweyo yabasetyhini abasebenzayo ngexesha lovukelo lwaseMelika. I-Betsy Ross House yindawo enomtsalane kubakhenkethi ePhiladelphia ehlonipha ubomi bakhe.
Ityala lemifanekiso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bicentennial_Figurine.jpg (Imyuziyam kaMongameli kaGerald R. Ford [Indawo yoluntu]) Ubuntwana kunye noBomi bokuqala UBetsy Ross wazalwa ngoJanuwari 1, 1752, njengoElizabeth Griscom ePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania. Utatomkhulu wakhe wayengumchweli owayefike eNew Jersey ngo-1680 evela eNgilani. UBetsy wayenabantakwabo abayi-16; wayengowesibhozo kwabantwana abali-17. Wayefunda kwizikolo zeQuaker kwaye wafundiswa ukuthunga kunye nezinye izinto zobugcisa ebomini bakhe bokuqala. U-Betsy wagqiba ukufunda eneminyaka eyi-17 kwaye kamva wasebenza nomphangi wasekuhlaleni. Kulapho wadibana khona nomyeni wakhe wexesha elizayo, uJohn Ross. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Umsebenzi UBetsy Ross 'owayengumyeni wakhe ngelo xesha, uJohn, awayeqhuba naye ishishini lokuphanda, wabulawa ngo-1776 ekuqaleni kweMelika yoQhushululu. Ukuqhuma kompu kwenzeka ngelixa wayesemsebenzini wezomkhosi kumda wamanzi ePhiladelphia. Emva kokusweleka kwakhe, uBetsy walithatha ngokupheleleyo ishishini, wenza iiflegi zasePennsylvania. Malunga noMeyi okanye ekuqaleni kukaJuni ka-1776, kuthiwa wayeneendwendwe ezivela kwiKomiti yesiThathu: UGeorge Washington, uGeorge Ross noRobert Morris. UGeorge Washington wayetyelela rhoqo ngaphambi kokufumana umkhosi. Wayemthungele iingubo ezininzi zehempe nezinye iimpahla kuye. IWashington kukholelwa ukuba ibuzile ukuba ingayenza na iflegi ngaphandle komzobo ombi ababewuphethe. IWashington iphinde yaphinda yaphosa uyilo kwiflegi kwaye yongeza iinkwenkwezi ngamanqaku amahlanu endaweni yesithandathu. Emva kwePhulo laseFiladelphia U-Betsy kunye nosapho lwakhe bathunga izinto zokwenza izinto, benza iiflegi kunye neebhena zeFiladelphia entsha emva kwePhulo laseFiladelphia. Wakha amaflegi angama-18-by-24-foot ngo-1810 athunyelwa eNew Orleans. Ngo-1811, wenza iiflegi ezingama-27 kwiSebe laseIndiya. Malunga nelo xesha, uninzi lwabenzi beeflegi ePhiladelphia beza kuloo ndawo, kubandakanya noRebecca Young. U-Betsy wasebenza de kwaba ngu-1827 kwaye wazisa uninzi lwamalungu osapho kwishishini. Usapho kunye noBomi baBakho U-Betsy Ross watshata no-John Ross, i-Anglican, xa wayeneminyaka eyi-17 ubudala. Ngo-1772, isibini satshata saza satshata, emva koko sagxothwa kusapho lwakowabo nakwibandla lamaQuaker ePhiladelphia. Emva kokufa kukaJohn, uBetsy watshata noJoseph Ashburn, umatiloshe. Ngo-1780, uJoseph naye wasweleka emva kokuba ebanjiwe ngamaNgesi ngenqanawa kwaye wasweleka ejele kunyaka olandelayo. Ngo-1783, uBetsy watshata noJohn Claypoole. Wayesentolongweni kunye noYosefu. Kamva wadibana noBetsy waza wathandana naye. UJohn usweleke emva kokugula ixesha elide ngo-1817. UBetsy Ross wayenabantwana abaninzi nabazukulwana. Ukufa kunye nelifa NgoJanuwari 30, 1836, uBetsy wasweleka eneminyaka engama-84 ePhiladelphia. Wayengaboni ngokupheleleyo kwiminyaka yakhe yokugqibela kwaye wasweleka ngenxa yezizathu zendalo. Isidumbu sakhe sangcwatywa kwiindawo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo, okokuqala kwindawo yokungcwaba yasimahla iQuaker kwisitalato iNorth Fifth ePhiladelphia. Ukuhlala kwakhe kwangcwatywa eMt. Amangcwaba aseMoriya. Umngcwabo wakhe wokugqibela wangcwatyelwa kwisitalato iArch, esikufutshane neBetsy Ross House. Ulwazi lukaBetsy Ross owenza iflegi yokuqala yaseMelika kwabelwana ngalo noluntu ngumzukulwana wakhe kwiminyaka engama-50 emva kokubhubha kwakhe. Abaphengululi abaninzi abakaqiniseki ukuba nguBetsy owenza iflegi yokuqala. Emva kokusweleka kwakhe, wayenebhulorho enkulu yaseFiladelphia ebizwa ngegama lakhe.
