Olive Diantha Clayton

Brief Life History of Olive Diantha

When Olive Diantha Clayton was born on 7 August 1848, in Glenrock, Converse, Wyoming, United States, her father, William Clayton, was 34 and her mother, Diantha Farr, was 19. She married Gilbert Shanks Lindsay on 25 May 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 13 October 1915, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Gilbert Shanks Lindsay
1842–1877
Olive Diantha Clayton
1848–1915
Marriage: 25 May 1867

Sources (15)

  • Diantha Clayton in household of Winslow Farr, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Record of Birth of Olive Diantha Clayton
  • Olive Diantha Clayton Lindsay, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Nebraska Territory, United States 1860: Morton, Nebraska Territory, United States 1863: Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Ogalala, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Dakota Territory, United States 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States 1868: Albany, Wyoming Territory, United States 1888: Converse, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Converse, Wyoming, United States

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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