Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Bonner was born on 7 October 1857, in Saint Johns, Perry, Illinois, United States, her father, George Bonner, was 34 and her mother, Margaret Edmondston, was 27. She married Stephen Shelton on 11 September 1876, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 8 April 1899, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Maesar-Fairview Cemetery, Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Bonner in household of George Bonner, "United States Census, 1870"
- Margaret B. Shelton, "BillionGraves Index"
- Margaret Bonner in entry for William Shelton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English boner(e), bonour ‘gentle, courteous’ (Old French bonnaire, shortened from debonnaire). This surname is also common in Ireland where it was adopted for Ó Cnáimhsighe, see Bonar 2.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Ynyr ‘son of Ynyr’, a common medieval personal name derived from Latin Honorius with fused patronymic marker (a)p, normally voiced before a vowel.
German (also Bönner): from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Bonhard, formed with the element bon ‘request, petition’ (compare Latin bonus). This surname is also found in Sweden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Bonner and Margaret Edmondston
George Bonner and Margaret Edmondston -- From Ireland/Scotland to Midway -- Compiled by William F Bonner Kaye Bonner June 4, 1998 Foreword: Preparation of this history has taken several …
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