Brief Life History of Emma L
When Emma L Pollard was born on 22 November 1845, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Pollard, was 27 and her mother, Ann Baldwin, was 23. She married John Allcock on 21 March 1865, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 23 May 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (63)
- Emma Allcott in household of John Allcott, "United States Census, 1900"
- Emma Pollard, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Emma Allcock, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English pollard, a derivative of the Middle English verb poll ‘to clip’ or the noun poll ‘the head’. It may have denoted someone with a close‐cropped head or a big head.
from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Pollard, a pet form of Paul (Old French Pol). The surname has been established in both England and Ireland since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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