Brief Life History of Rachel Emma
When Rachel Emma Woolley was born on 7 August 1836, in East Rochester, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, her father, Edwin Dilworth Woolley, was 29 and her mother, Mary Wickersham, was 27. She married Joseph Marcellus Simmons on 18 December 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and South Galson, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1926. She died on 30 November 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Rachel Emma Wooley Simmons, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Rachel E Woolley in entry for Lucy S Snow, "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.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Woolley (Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire), Woolley in Bovey Tracy (Devon), and Woolley in Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire).
Irish (Cavan): in Ireland, according to Woulfe, when this is not the English name, it has been adopted for Woulfe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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