Joseph Coleman Lay

Brief Life History of Joseph Coleman

When Joseph Coleman Lay was born on 14 June 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, William Harvey Lay, was 30 and his mother, Sytha Solena Crosby, was 30. He married Mary Ann Almira Wilson on 16 January 1872, in Santa Clara, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1900 and Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 25 January 1917, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Coleman Lay
1848–1917
Mary Ann Almira Wilson
1853–1929
Marriage: 16 January 1872
Mary Ann Lenora Lay
1873–1952
Scytha Solena Lay
1875–1950
William Harvey Lay
1877–1950
Elizabeth Lay
1880–1977
Martha Lay
1883–1968
Ellen Lay
1886–1975
Joseph Coleman Lay II
1889–1952
Vina Lay
1891–1897
Paralee Lay
1894–1945
John Taylor Lay
1898–1945

Sources (21)

  • Joseph C Lay, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Joseph Coleman Lay, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
  • Joe in entry for Wm. J. Krueger and Helen Leigh, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

World Events (8)

1850

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

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Lee .

Scottish: shortened form of McClay .

German: habitational name from any of the places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, from lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone, rock, slate’.

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

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Ancestors of Velma Howard Who Came to Utah (North America) with the Mormon Pioneers

NOTE MANY INDIVIDUAL STORIES OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ANCESTORS UNDER MEMORIES ON FAMILYSEARCH: Samuel Lorenzo Howard 1840-1906, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England to Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah in 1856 with the …

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