When Fanny Newton was born on 1 March 1834, in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin Newton, was 42 and her mother, Ruth Whiteley, was 37. She married William Draper Jr. on 18 December 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853 and lived in Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Moroni Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 18 March 1907, in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Andria Christensen BIRTH 10 Nov 1855 DEATH Aug 1857 (aged 1) BURIAL Moroni City Cemetery Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, USA PLOT On The Plains MEMORIAL ID 89437112 · View Source
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
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Possible Related NamesAccording to Mormon Immigration Index Fanny Newton (19) and her sister Ruth Hannah (16) immigrated to the United States on the ship "International". They left Liverpool, England on Feb. 28, 1853 and …
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