Brief Life History of Wilford Woodruff
When Wilford Woodruff Emery was born on 16 October 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Henry Emery, was 55 and his mother, Louisa Ellen Parry, was 23. He married Hannahbel Newman on 26 October 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1943 and lived in Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 10 September 1954, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Wilford W Emery, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wilford Woodruff Emery - birth: 16 October 1880; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Wilford W. Emery, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the ancient Germanic personal name Amalric, composed of the elements Amal (a dynastic name among the Goths) + rīk ‘realm, power’. The name was introduced into England from France by the Normans, developing into the Middle English personal name Amery, Emery (from Old French Amauri, Emaurri). Compare Amery , Amory , and 2 below.
French: from the Old French personal name Aimery, ancient Germanic Haimeric, from haim ‘home’+ rīc ‘power(ful)’. This may occasionally also be a derivation of the English surname (see 1 above). Compare Lemery .
Americanized form of German Hemmerich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Wilford W. Emery Biography
Wilford W. Emery Wilford W. Emery was born October 16, 1880, in Salt Lake City, the son of Henry and Louisa Ellen Parry Emery. His father died when Wilford was just eight months of age, and he was ob …
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