Brief Life History of Abraham Alta 'Ed'
When Abraham Alta 'Ed' Jones was born on 6 January 1874, in Alta, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Moses Jones, was 54 and his mother, Christine Katrina Jacobsen, was 35. He married Lillie May Metcalf on 9 March 1897, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 20 August 1961, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Edward Jones, "United States Census, 1940"
- Abraham Jones, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Abram Alta Jones, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1884
Historical Boundaries 1884: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Fremont, Idaho, United States 1913: Jefferson, Idaho, United States
1897 · The Utah State Historical Society
The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Moses M. Jones, Manti Citizen
JONES, MOSES M., of Manti, is an expert workman in constructing and running carding mills. He was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, June 4, 1826. He learned his trade of wool-carder in his native …
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