Margaret Whitehead

1 January 1838–3 October 1916 (Age 78)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Margaret

When Margaret Whitehead was born on 1 January 1838, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Whitehead, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Walsh, was 35. She married Joseph Angell Young on 19 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Exeter St David, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 3 October 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Angell Young
1834–1875
Margaret Whitehead
1838–1916
Marriage: 19 February 1857
Richard Whitehead Young
1858–1919
Ellen Smith Young
1862–1865

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 February 1857Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 5
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1848
    Age 10
    Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
    1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
    Age 21
    The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Canavan
    Whitted
    Whittet
    Whited

    Sources (20)

    • Margaret Whitehead in household of Richard Whitehead, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Margaret Whitehead Young, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Margaret Young in household of Brigham Young, "United States Census, 1860"

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