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  El Dorado Garrett Timeline I will try to give an accurate accounting of the short life of Miss Fannie El Dorado Garrett, Maud’s Aunt. April 1872 near Caldwell, TX. Fannie El Dorado Garrett is born to Jeptha Norton Garrett and Mary Elizabeth Barnes Garrett. May 1873 in Caldwell, TX. El Dorado’s much older sister Eugenia Garrett is mentioned in Dove Baptist Church records (now First Baptist Church of Caldwell). 1873 - 1875. El Dorado’s family moves to Florence, TX. Her family at this time is her parents Jeptha and Mary Garrett, half sisters Eugenia Garrett, Victoria Belle Christman and Anna Georgia Thomas, and one full sister Laura Gertrude Garrett. April 4, 1875 in Florence, TX. El Dorado’s sister Ella Norton Garrett is born. Between 1874-1878 in Williamson County, TX. El Dorado’s father dies. By 1878 Mary and daughters move to Georgetown, TX. March 10, 1878 in Bell County, TX. El Dorado’s half sister Eugenia is married to Benjamin F Essary. March 14, 1878 in Georgetown, TX. El Dorado