Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Grover was born on 13 April 1833, in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Grover, was 25 and her mother, Caroline Emma Whiting, was 23. She married William Alpheus Simmons on 26 April 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1880 and Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880. She died on 28 September 1921, in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Archer, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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- Mary E Simmons in household of William A Simmons, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary E. Grover in entry for Caroline Hansen, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Mary E Robesen in household of David Robesen, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
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1833–1921 Female
Children (11)
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1863–1866 Female
1865–1866 Male
1866–1938 Male
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1836–1919 Female
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World Events (8)
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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