Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Horton was born on 5 May 1842, in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edmund Horton, was 33 and her mother, Maria Meades, was 28. She married Henry Seamons Jr. in May 1860, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 23 October 1865, in Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 23.
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- Emma Horten in household of Edward Horten, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Emma, "Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005"
- Emma Horton Seamons, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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