Brief Life History of Martha Louisa
When Martha Louisa Bowen was born on 2 February 1856, in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Lewis Bowen, was 40 and her mother, Mary Ann Harris, was 42. She married Thomas Wolcott or Wolkitt Lee on 21 September 1874, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880 and Willow Creek, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 19 April 1926, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Lee in household of Thomas Lee, "United States Census, 1880"
- Martha Louisa Lee, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Martha L Bowen in entry for Arthur W Lee, "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.
1865
Historical Boundaries 1865: Called Taylor's Crossing, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1866: Named changed to Eagle Rock, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Eagle Rock, Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1891: Renamed Idaho Falls, Bingham, Idaho, United States 1911: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
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
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).
Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Martha Louisa Bowen, a History
MARTHA LOUISA BOWEN Martha Louisa Bowen was the youngest of eleven children born to Lewis Bowen and Mary Ann Harris. She was born at Abersychan Monnouthshire, Wales, on 2 February 1856, and died …
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