Brief Life History of Phoebe Isabel
When Phoebe Isabel Williams was born on 15 January 1847, in Pueblo, Colorado, United States, her father, Thomas Stephen Williams Sr, was 20 and her mother, Albina Marion Merrill, was 20. She married Hugh Thomas Doran about 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 12 November 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Fanny Doran, "United States Census, 1870"
- Phoebe I Doran, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Phoebe I Doran, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1848
Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
1856
Nevada is the 36th state.
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Pueblo, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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