Brief Life History of Mary Catherine A.
When Mary Catherine A. Walston was born on 14 April 1865, in Oakwood, Leon, Texas, United States, her father, John Walston, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Howell, was 35. She married Andrew Jackson Taylor on 1 June 1884, in Wichita, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 19 October 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary K Walston in household of John Walston, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary K Barrett, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- Mary Walston Taylor, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
Spouse and Children
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Children (7)
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Leon, Texas, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name perhaps from Walsden (Yorkshire, formerly in Lancashire). The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Walsa, Wæls, or Walh (genitive Wales) + Old English denu ‘valley’.
Scottish: habitational name from Walston Lanarkshire. The placename is from Scots wall ‘well’, with a connecting or perhaps plural -s-, + toun ‘farm, village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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