Rebecca Coleman

4 October 1838–7 May 1923 (Age 84)
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Rebecca

When Rebecca Coleman was born on 4 October 1838, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Prime Coleman, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Thornton, was 32. She married David Evans on 18 November 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1923. She died on 7 May 1923, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Evans
1804–1883
Rebecca Coleman
1838–1923
Marriage: 18 November 1856
George Coleman Evans
1858–1906
Prime Coleman Evans
1859–1901
Harriet Evans
1862–1942
Sarah Coleman Evans
1864–1946
Rebecca Evans
1868–1869
Emma Jane Evans
1869–1942
Martha Ann Evans
1872–1942
Ella Ellen Evans
1875–1962

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 November 1856Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 5
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1846
    Age 8
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1863
    Age 25
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kalman
    Colman
    Clifford
    Collman

    Story Highlight

    Rebecca Coleman Evans - History

    "Rebecca Coleman, fourth daughter of Prime Coleman and Sarah Thornton, was born October 4, 1838 at Thorncot, Bedford, England, and as a child of four and a half years she came with her parents to Amer …

    Sources (34)

    • Rebecca C. Evans, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Rebecca Coleman in entry for William Marvin and Hattie Wilson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
    • Rebecca Coleman Evans, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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