Brief Life History of Amelia H.
When Amelia H. Evans was born on 8 April 1838, in Gwespyr, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Evans, was 24 and her mother, Anne Blythin, was 22. She married Williams Washington Camp on 17 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 4 years. She died on 6 October 1886, in Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Samaria Cemetery, Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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- Amelia Camp in household of Williams Camp, "United States Census, 1860"
- Amelia Evans Camp Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Amelia Evans in entry for Thos Morgan Davis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1854 · St. George's Hall
In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Amelia was born in Gwspyr, Flintshire, Wales, the second child of Peter Evans and Ann Blythen. Her older brother Edward, died when he was 3 years old (1836) and Amelia was just 1 year old. This left h …
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