Flora Eliza Brasher

Brief Life History of Flora Eliza

When Flora Eliza Brasher was born on 6 November 1905, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, her father, John William Brasher, was 36 and her mother, Mary Elvira Gillespie, was 30. She married Howard Derral Rowley on 20 December 1926, in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 January 1993, in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Howard Derral Rowley
1902–1993
Flora Eliza Brasher
1905–1993
Marriage: 20 December 1926
Ruth Daphine Rowley
1927–2010
Phyllis Lorraine Rowley
1928–2022

Sources (43)

  • Flora Rowley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Flora Eliza Brasher - Individual or family possessions: birth: 6 November 1905; Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States
  • Flora Eliza Brasher, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1928 · Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon, being named after Ebenezer Bryce, was designated first as a national monument by President Warren G. Harding in 1923 but was re-designated as a nation park in 1928 by Congress.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a brewer, from Anglo-Norman French braceour, brasseour ‘brewer’ (from Late Latin braciare, a derivative of braces ‘malt’, of Gaulish origin).

English: variant of Brazier .

Variant of Brashear , a surname of French origin, cognate with 1 above.

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

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