Brief Life History of Mary Eliza
When Mary Eliza Adams was born on 23 May 1837, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Britton Adams, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Giles Bryant, was 22. She married Luman Andros Shurtliff on 9 December 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Brookline, Windham, Vermont, United States in 1880. She died on 14 July 1873, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Eliza Adams in household of Sally Adams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Eliza Adams - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Eliza Adams
- Mary E Shurtliff, "BillionGraves Index"
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1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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LIFE STORY OF MARY ELIZA ADAMS SHURTLIFF by Serena Davidson, a third great-granddaughter The worst thing that happened to me today was that my low-fat, low-carb banana cream popsicle melted all o …
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