Brief Life History of Almyra
When Almyra Bosley was born on 21 November 1839, in Ohio, United States, her father, John Bosley, was 37 and her mother, Lettecia Hamer, was 35. She married William K. Mottram on 23 January 1872, in Franklin, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Ottawa Township, Franklin, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died on 25 March 1924, in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Miria Mottram in household of William K Mottram, "United States Census, 1900"
- Myra Bosley, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Myra, "Find A Grave Index"
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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: Franklin, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Franklin, Kansas, United States
1862 · Kansas Agricultural Society
The Kansas Agricultural Society was formed on March 5, 1862. The society encouraged farmers to grow winter wheat which created the nickname ""bread basket of the world.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Boseley in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, probably named with the Old English personal name Bōsa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Bosley, from the Old English personal name Bōsa or Bōt + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Boseley .
Americanized form of French Beausoleil , especially in New England. Compare Boseley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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