Pearl Priestley

Brief Life History of Pearl

When Pearl Priestley was born on 30 October 1896, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, her father, William Henry Priestley, was 25 and her mother, Martha Ann Gordon, was 21. She married John Elmer Mitchell on 21 June 1917, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in De Lamar, Owyhee, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Cornucopia, Union, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 19 November 1918, in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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John Elmer Mitchell
1896–1985
Pearl Priestley
1896–1918
Marriage: 21 June 1917
Mitchell
1918–

Sources (13)

  • Pea Priestley in household of Wm H Priestley, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Pearl Priestley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Pearl E. Mitchel, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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World Events (8)

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Yorkshire): habitational name from any of the various minor places so named, especially the one in North Yorkshire. These are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, i.e. a wood or clearing belonging to the Church.

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

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