Brief Life History of Emeline
When Emeline Court was born on 14 February 1811, in Bishops Nympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Court, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Venner, was 29. She married William Lake on 12 February 1832, in North Molton, Devon, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in North Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 7 November 1894, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Emma Lake in household of William Lake, "United States Census, 1870"
- Emlyn Court, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Emeline Court, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English curt, court ‘large house’ (a word of the same ultimately Latin origin as 2 below), denoting someone who lived or worked in a manor house or castle, a courtly retainer.
French: topographic name from Old French co(u)rt ‘court, farmyard’ (from Latin cohors, cors, genitive cohortis, cortis ‘court, farmyard, enclosure’).
English and French: nickname for a physically small man, or ironically for a large man, from the adjective Middle English curt, Old French co(u)rt ‘short, small’ (from Latin curtus ‘curtailed, truncated, cut short, broken off’). Compare French Lecourt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Lake and wife Emma Court by Fred A. Rees
Both became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in their native England. They crossed the ocean to come to Utah or "Zion" in the spring of 1866. Their daughter Hannah Lake bo …
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