Agnes Eliza "Tillie" Heyborne

Brief Life History of Agnes Eliza "Tillie"

When Agnes Eliza "Tillie" Heyborne was born on 16 February 1846, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, her father, John Heyborne, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Ann McMillan, was 19. She married John Menzies Macfarlane on 9 October 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 15 February 1932, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Menzies Macfarlane
1833–1892
Agnes Eliza "Tillie" Heyborne
1846–1932
Marriage: 9 October 1866
Sarah Ann Macfarlane
1867–1942
Agnes Eliza MacFarlane
1869–1935
James E Macfarlane
1870–1872
Robert Urie Macfarlane
1872–1948
Catherine Heyborn Macfarlane
1875–1904
Archibald Macfarlane
1877–1878
Jennie Belle MacFarlane
1879–1943
Ann Heyborne Macfarlane
1881–1945
Menzies John Macfarlane
1881–1939
Erastus Heyborne Macfarlane
1887–1954

Sources (67)

  • Agnes E Macfarlane, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Agnes Eliza Heyborne, "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
  • Agnes E. Macfarlane, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

Name Meaning

Latinized version of the Greek name Hagnē, from the feminine form of the adjective hagnos ‘pure, holy’. This was the name of a young Roman virgin martyred in the persecutions instigated by the Roman emperor Diocletian in ad 303 . She became a very popular saint in the Middle Ages. Her name was early associated with Latin agnus ‘lamb’, leading to the consistent dropping of the initial H- and to her representation in art accompanied by a lamb. The colloquial form Annes led to some confusion with Ann(e) in earlier centuries. Frequent in the medieval period, the name was revived in the 19th century, and has been especially popular in Scotland. See also Annis .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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Eva's Remembrances of Her Father 'Ras'

Erastus Heyborne Macfarlane (The following is a history of Erastus Heybourne Macfarlane written by his daughter Eva Macfarlane Mertlich in 1999.) Erastus Heyborne Macfarlane, my father, was born Ap …

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