When Emily Wardrop was born on 9 December 1840, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Wardrop Sr., was 30 and her mother, Lucy McIntosh, was 25. She lived in Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 29 December 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Scottish and English (of Norman origin): metonymic occupational name for an official of the wardrobe, in medieval usage the department of a royal or noble household responsible for clothing, armor, bedding, and other personal items (i.e. for someone who was in charge of the garments worn by a feudal lord and his household), from Norman French warderobe, central French garderobe (warder, garder ‘to watch over, guard’ + robe ‘garment’).
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