Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Stevenson was born on 29 August 1825, in Gibraltar, her father, Joseph B. Stevenson, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Stevens, was 33. She married Ezra Thompson Clark on 18 May 1845, in Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 24 November 1911, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Clark in household of Ezra J Clark, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1825 Spain Millennium File Birth of Mary Stevenson, 29 August 1825, Gibraltar, Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain
- 1845 Iowa Marriage of Ezra Thompson Clark & Mary Stephenson, 18 May !845, Lee, Iowa, United States
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1830
Gibraltar is declared a Crown Colony. The Royal Gibraltar Police is established.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiography of Mary Stevenson Clark
My Father, Joseph Stevenson, was born at Ashby, Folirl, Barsly, Leicestershire, England, 15 October 1787. He died in Michigan Territory in 1831, aged 44 years. He married Miss Elisabeth Stevens in L …
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