Brief Life History of Elizabeth Emma
When Elizabeth Emma Carpenter was born on 13 June 1847, in Centreville, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, John Steele Carpenter, was 24 and her mother, Margarett McCullough, was 24. She married Sven Magnus Anderson on 24 July 1870, in Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 5 February 1916, in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Glendale City Cemetery, Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Carpenter in household of Erastus Carpenter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elizabeth Emma Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Elizabeth Carpenter in entry for Louisa Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1856
Nevada is the 36th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Steel Carpenter 1822 -1852
HISTORY: John Steel CARPENTER and Margarett McCULLOUGH (Record submitted by:Thelma C. Millet, 311 E. 2nd Ave; Mesa, AZ) John Steel CARPENTER was born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware …
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