Caroline Filer

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Caroline Filer was born on 6 July 1837, in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Filer, was 40 and her mother, Maria Stowe, was 33. She married William McLachlan on 6 November 1860, in Coggeshall, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 January 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William McLachlan
1840–1916
Caroline Filer
1837–1920
Marriage: 6 November 1860
William Gilbert McLachlan
1861–1863
George Augustus McLachlan
1863–1863
William Gilbert McLachlan
1864–1877
Ellen Jane McLachlan
1866–1933
Alice Caroline McLachlan
1869–1942
Ida Marietta McLachlan
1871–1873
Lillian June McLachlan
1873–1954
Hannah Welch McLachlan
1875–1966
Isabelle Caroline McLachlan
1877–1964
Joseph Filer McLachlan
1881–1886
Nephi Evans McLachlan
1887–1975
Grace Evans McLachlan
1897–1988

Sources (71)

  • Caroline McGloflin in household of William McGloflin, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Caroline Filer, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Caroline Mclachlan, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: 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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a file maker, or someone who files, smooths, or polishes something, from an -er derivative of Middle English filen ‘to file’.

English: occupational name for a spinner, from Old French fileur ‘spinner’, a derivative of fil ‘thread’ (from Latin filum).

Americanized form of German Feiler , cognate with 1 above.

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

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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAROLINE FILER MCLACHLAN

taken from book by Winifred M. McLachlan) Caroline Filer was born 6 July 1837 in St. Peter's, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Samuel and Maria (Stowe) Filer. Her mother, Maria Filer, wa …

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