Harriet Temperance Utley

Brief Life History of Harriet Temperance

When Harriet Temperance Utley was born on 11 July 1835, in Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States, her father, Samuel Walton Utley, was 35 and her mother, Mariah Berry, was 23. She married William Carter on 23 November 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. In 1880, at the age of 45, her occupation is listed as keeping house in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. She died on 16 July 1925, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Carter
1821–1896
Harriet Temperance Utley
1835–1925
Marriage: 23 November 1853
Samuel Utley Carter
1854–1934
Isabella Utley Carter
1857–1921
Willard Utley Carter
1859–1899
Henry Lafayette Utley Carter
1861–1911
Jacob Utley Carter
1865–1929
Sarah Elizabeth Carter
1869–1951
Harriet Maria Carter
1872–1962
James Utley Carter
1877–1944

Sources (73)

  • Harriet U Carter in household of Samuel U Carter, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Harriet Temperance Utley Carter, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Harriet Utley Carter, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Utley in Keighley (Yorkshire), from the Old English personal name Utta + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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HARRIET TEMPERANCE UTLEY CARTER 1835-1925

I was the third child in a family of six children, having but one sister who was four years older. Here we all lived, until our parents heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, when we …

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