Brief Life History of Armenia
When Armenia Willey was born on 13 September 1881, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Parley Pratt Willey, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Jane Pace, was 24. She married William Orme Lee on 6 March 1901, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Babb, Glacier, Montana, United States in 1941 and lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada in 1911. She died on 11 August 1965, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Cardston Cemetery, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Armenia W L Day, "United States 1950 Census"
- Armenia Willey, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Armenia Lee Coombs, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
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: from a pet form of the personal name Will , a short form of William . In some instances a variant of Wiley .
Americanized form of Swiss German Willi .
History: Isaac Willey is recorded in Boston, MA, in 1640, and went on to be one of the founders of New London, CT. His descendent Samuel Hopkins Willey (1821–1914) was one of the founders of the College of California at Berkeley in 1860.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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