Caroline Cherry

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Caroline Cherry was born on 4 August 1845, in Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Aaron Benjamin Cherry, was 44 and her mother, Mary Margaret Yelton, was 34. She married Thomas Henry Harris on 10 January 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Centerville Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 16 December 1936, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Henry Harris
1841–1924
Caroline Cherry
1845–1936
Marriage: 10 January 1866
Fayette Thomas Harris
1876–1912

Sources (19)

  • Caroline Harris, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Caroline Harris Cherry, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Caroline Cherry, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.

Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .

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

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