Brief Life History of Selena
When Selena Carpenter was born on 3 February 1864, in East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, John Sincere Carpenter, was 42 and her mother, Anna Catherine Wehrli, was 33. She married Ward Eaton Pack Sr. on 8 August 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 4 December 1900, in Keetley, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Kamas Cemetery, Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Sophia Carpenter in household of James Carpenter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Selena Carpenter Pack, "Find A Grave Index"
- Helena Carpenter in entry for Wehrli Douglas Pack, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
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
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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History of Anna Katherine Wehrli Carpenter written by her daughter, Eleanor Maria Carpenter Holt
My mother, Anna Katherine Wehrli, was born March 10, 1830 in the city of Bischofrell, Canton Thurgen, Switzerland. Her father's name was John (Johannes) Wehrli and her mother's name was Margaretta Eli …
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