Aurelia Read Spencer

Brief Life History of Aurelia Read

When Aurelia Read Spencer was born on 4 October 1834, in Deep River, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Orson Spencer, was 32 and her mother, Catherine Curtis, was 23. She married Thomas Edward Rogers on 27 March 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Farmington Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 19 August 1922, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Edward Rogers
1827–1896
Aurelia Read Spencer
1834–1922
Marriage: 27 March 1851
Orson Thomas Rogers
1852–1930
Andrew Locy Rogers
1854–1943
Ellen Aurelia Rogers
1857–1952
Howard Spencer Rogers
1859–1860
George Spencer Rogers
1861–1942
Clarence Albert Rogers
1863–1864
Lucy Isabella Rogers
1865–1943
Catherine Mary Rogers
1868–1868
Joseph Rogers
1869–1869
William Ernest Rogers
1871–1871
Esther Leone Rogers
1872–1947
Curtis Wilson Rogers
1874–1956

Sources (133)

  • Aurelia Rogers, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

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.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for someone who dispensed provisions or money, from Middle English spenser(e), spencer(e) ‘household steward, butler, almoner’ (Anglo-Norman French espenser, Old French despensier). Compare Spence and Spender . There is some dispute about the origins of the Spencer family, whose most famous member in recent times was the late Princess of Wales, born Lady Diana Spencer (1961–97). Some sources say that they are descended from William the Conqueror's steward, Robert Despencer. What is clear is that by the 15th century they had become prosperous from sheep farming in Northamptonshire. Robert Spencer (died 1627) was said to be the wealthiest man in England. Their titles have included Earls of Sunderland and Earls Spencer; and through the female line the 5th Earl of Sunderland also became Duke of Marlborough in 1733. This connection was the result of the marriage, in 1700, of the 3rd Duke of Sunderland to the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The youngest son of this union, John Spencer (1708–46), was the father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734–83).

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

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A life sketch written by George B Spencer Jr for his sister Lilian

A Genealogical Sketch of Lilian Horne Spencer Budge written by her brother George B. Jr. At the request of her son’s wife Mrs. Newel Budge (typed by Spencer E. Stucki, a grandson of George B. Spencer …

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