When Ellen Spencer Wilson was born on 29 October 1847, in West Derby, Lancashire, England, her father, Thomas L. Wilson, was 53 and her mother, Margaret Lockwood, was 36. She married James Cordon Casson Cahoon on 27 June 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 13 June 1880, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCAHOON, J. C, carpenter and undertaker, son of William F. and Mary, was born in Pottawatamie county, Iowa, while the family were en route to Utah, October 9, 1847. The family 'reached Salt Lake City i …
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