Brief Life History of Jane Howie
When Jane Howie Muir was born on 5 July 1854, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Muir, was 22 and her mother, Margaret Hannah, was 24. She married William Richardson IV on 1 January 1874, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 2 May 1927, in Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Jane Muir in household of Geo Muir, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jane Muir Richardson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Jean Muier, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873 · Settlers arrived in Vernal
On Feb 14, 1873, Pardon Dodds, among others, came to the valley to raise livestock.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ (an expanse of bare, wild upland country). There has been some confusion with Mure .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography from the book “How Beautiful Upon the Mountains” Wasatch County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
My Great Great Grandpa Turner became very close friends with William Lindsay naming his 1st living son after him!
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