Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Webster was born on 14 October 1860, in North Prairie, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, her father, John Webster, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Wright, was 22. She married Charles Edwin Smith on 7 July 1881. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 19 August 1940, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A Webster in household of John Webster, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Ann Webster Smith, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Mary Ann Webster in entry for Mary Ann Smith, "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.
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented
A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of Mary Ann Webster Smith
Biography of Mary Ann Webster Smith Written by Harvey G. Smith My mother, Mary Ann W. Smith, was born October 14, 1860, at Genesee, Wisconsin. She was the second child of the family of John and Ma …
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