Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Whaley was born on 12 April 1823, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Whaley, was 24 and her mother, Emma Johnson, was 22. She married Lucius Nelson Scovil on 30 October 1850. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 3 September 1894, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Emma Curtis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Emma Whaley Curtis, "BillionGraves Index"
- Emma Curtis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Whalley (Lancashire) or Whaley in Bolsover (Derbyshire). The Lancashire placename may derive from Old English hwæl ‘hill’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English wall ‘wall’, walh ‘Welshman, foreigner’ (genitive plural wala), or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Moses and the Bear
Taken from Sketches of the Curtis Family, pp. 43-44 ". . . After they came to Utah and he was living in Pondtown, [Moses] and his brother Lyman were up in Loafer Canyon getting tanbark. A bear became …
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