Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Jones was born on 24 June 1827, in Llanfallteg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Rees Rees Jones, was 21 and her mother, Martha Phillips, was 23. She married Henry Woollacott on 31 December 1845, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Michaelston super Avon, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 5 September 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Woollacott in household of Henry Woollacott, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Martha Jones, "Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900"
- Martha J Bywater, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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