Emma Agusta Spence

Brief Life History of Emma Agusta

When Emma Agusta Spence was born on 21 May 1844, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Spence, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Wilson, was 30. She married Anthony Ether in 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hartlepool, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 4 March 1897, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anthony Ether
1830–1898
Emma Agusta Spence
1844–1897
Marriage: 1865
Albert Francis Ethier
1866–1917
Victor Emanuel Ethier
1868–1892
Pearl Margaret Ethier
1869–1956
Ruby Either
1874–1944
Alfonzo Richard Ethier
1874–1943
Anthony Ethier
1876–1903
William Garfield Ethier
1879–1895
Horace John Ethier
1884–1952

Sources (21)

  • Emma Augusta Spence in household of Robert Wilson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Emma Augusta Spence, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Emma Agusta Spence Eather, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense, spence ‘pantry, larder, storeroom’ (Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus ‘to weigh out or dispense’). Compare Spencer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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