Brief Life History of Lemira Marcella "Myra"
When Lemira Marcella "Myra" Rowell was born on 15 January 1843, in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Benjamin House Rowell, was 28 and her mother, Adalaide Whitcomb, was 26. She married Henry Luther Baker on 2 January 1865, in Lamoille, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Riley, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 1 January 1911, in Riley, Riley, Kansas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Riley Cemetery, Riley, Riley, Kansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Mrs H Baker, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Lemira Marcella Rowell Baker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lemina Rowell Baker in entry for Mrs Grace May Beard Vance, "Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015"
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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.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Riley, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Riley, Kansas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name principally from Rothwell (Yorkshire), but Rothwell in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire also gave rise to surnames. The placenames derive from Old English roth ‘clearing’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
habitational name from Rowell in Chudleigh (Devon), named with Old English rūh ‘rough’ + hyll ‘hill’. The name may have been confused with Roll .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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