Martha A. Newell

Brief Life History of Martha A.

When Martha A. Newell was born in February 1885, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, her father, William Morris Newell, was 35 and her mother, Eleanor Maria Allen, was 25. She married John Henry Brown on 2 October 1902, in Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Mesa Election Precinct, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1900. She died on 16 July 1903, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Brown
1881–1920
Martha A. Newell
1885–1903
Marriage: 2 October 1902
Martha Beulah Brown
1903–1983

Sources (5)

  • Martha A Newel in household of William Newel, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Martha A. Newell, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
  • Mattie Brown, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"

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World Events (7)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of Neville .

English: variant of Noel .

English: variant of Newhall .

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

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