Brief Life History of Ezra Hazen
When Ezra Hazen Cooley was born on 30 May 1876, in Batesville, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Andrew Wood Cooley, was 39 and his mother, Ann Hazen, was 21. He married Jessie Eckersley Rigby on 15 November 1905, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1911 and lived in Utah, United States for about 11 years. He died on 15 May 1957, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Sources (54)
- Ezra H Cooley in entry for Elia Cooley, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Ezra Hazen Cooley, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- E H in entry for Jay Myrven Smith and Relia Cooley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1876–1957 Male
1882–1919 Female
Children (7)
1906–1906 Female
1908–2009 Female
1910–1974 Male
1912–1978 Female
1914–1999 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1837–1887 Male
1854–1943 Female
Siblings (8)
1872–1954 Male
1874–1874 Male
1876–1957 Male
1878–1970 Female
1880–1968 Female
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World Events (8)
1877
Age 1
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 22
Name Meaning
Irish (Galway and Clare): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chúille ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Mochúille’, a rare Clare name, or a shortened form of McCooley, a variant of McCauley .
English: perhaps a variant of Colley or Culley .
Americanized form of German Kuhle or Kühle, variants of Kuhl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Vision of Jessie and Rigby - As Told by Ezra Hazen Cooley
Ezra Hazen Cooley and Jessie Rigby were married November 2, 1905. After fourteen years there were seven children born to this union. When the Lord called her home, she took Rigby, who was three, wit …
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