Ann Chalmers

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Chalmers was born on 3 May 1819, in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander CHALMERS Jr, was 45 and her mother, Isabella Blewes, was 42. She married James McDowell Bailey on 9 June 1848, in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 21 May 1905, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James McDowell Bailey
1818–
Ann Chalmers
1819–1905
Marriage: 9 June 1848
Isabella Bailey
1849–1928

Sources (15)

  • Ann Mc Cune, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Anne Chalmers, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Ann Chalmers, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"

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World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1839

The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

Scottish: from Older Scots chalmer ‘chamberlain’; compare Chambers . The mb was assimilated to mm; the l was purely graphic, indicating that the preceding a was long.

English: possibly a localized form of Challinor (see Challender ), with dissimilation of ln to lm in Chalner.

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

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Ann Chalmers conversion and immigration

Ann Chalmers was born in 1819 in Scotland. She married James McDowell Bailey in 1848 in Scotland, and they had one child, Isabella Bailey in 1849. born in Scotland. Ann converted to the LDS Church a …

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