Dorothea Amelia Neve

Female6 June 1888–3 March 1941

Brief Life History of Dorothea Amelia

When Dorothea Amelia Neve was born on 6 June 1888, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, Soren Pedersen Neve, was 49 and her mother, Mary Agnes Liddell, was 34. She married William Earle Morris on 6 September 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 3 March 1941, in Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Earle Morris
1885–1960
Dorothea Amelia Neve
1888–1941
Marriage: 6 September 1909
Leonard Earl Morris
1911–1956

Sources (13)

  • Dorthea A Morris in household of Wm E Morris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Miss Dorthia Neve, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Dorthea A Neve Morris, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 September 1909Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 2

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1896 · Utah Becomes a State

    Age 8

    After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

    Age 15

    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

    Name Meaning

    English, Dutch, North German, Danish, and Swedish: relationship name from Middle English, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German neve ‘nephew’. The word was also used in later Middle English for a wastrel, spendthrift, or parasite. Compare Dutch Neef , German Neff , and English Nephew ; see also 4 below.

    Italian, Portuguese, and Galician: from neve ‘snow’ (from Latin nix, genitive nivis), applied as a nickname for a white-haired or very pale-complexioned person, and also used as a personal name (compare 3 below).

    Italian: from a short form of the Marian title Madonna della Neve ‘Mary of the Snows’ (see Nieves ).

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

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