Mary Matilda Langley

Brief Life History of Mary Matilda

When Mary Matilda Langley was born on 5 February 1846, in Iowa, United States, her father, George Washington Langley, was 27 and her mother, Mary Turner, was 19. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. She died in 1850, in Utah, United States, at the age of 4.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Langley
1818–1850
Mary Turner
1826–1860
Elsie Ellen Langley
1842–1887
Mary Matilda Langley
1846–1850
George Albert Langley
1848–1864

Sources (8)

  • Mary Langley in household of William Wadsworth, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Matilda Langley, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
  • 1850 U.S. Census, population schedule: Mary Matilda Langley

World Events (5)

1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made

The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple

On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Langley or Longley (in Kent, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Shrops, Lancashire, Durham, and many other counties), themselves from Old English lang ‘long’ + lēah ‘wood, glade, clearing’.

English: from the Middle English female personal name Langlif (Old Norse Langlíf ‘long’ + ‘life’ or ‘body’).

Americanized form of French Langlais .

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

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