Emma Eckersley

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Eckersley was born on 5 June 1846, in Tonge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph T. Eckersley, was 37 and her mother, Alice Barlow Hulme, was 30. She married John Kerr Stoddard on 2 July 1864, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1863 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and United States in 1936. She died on 27 January 1936, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Kerr Stoddard
1836–1894
Emma Eckersley
1846–1936
Marriage: 2 July 1864
George Eckersley Stoddard
1865–1917
Ellen Eckersley Stoddard
1867–1957
Sarah Eckersley Stoddard
1869–1959
John Kerr Stoddard
1870–1872
Joseph Eckersley Stoddard
1872–1943
Henry Hume Stoddard
1874–1942
Margaret Eckersley Stoddard
1877–1879
Jessie Eckersley Stoddard
1878–1911
Willard Ekersley Stoddard
1881–1938
Parley Stoddard
1883–1884
Earl Stoddard
1886–1886
David Stoddard
1889–1890

Sources (61)

  • Emma Stodard, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Emma Eckersley - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Emma Eckersley
  • Marriage record of John Kerr Stoddard and Emma Eckersley, Endowment House Record

World Events (8)

1847

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from Eckersley, a lost place in the parish of Leigh, near Wigan, Lancashire, probably so named from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Ecgheard (see Eckert ) or Ecghere + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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Emma Eckersley-Find A Grave Info

Birth: Jun. 5, 1846 Middleton Lancashire, England Death: Jan. 27, 1936 Logan Cache County Utah, USA Bad photo, I'll get a retake asap. Family links: Parents: Joseph Eckersley (1809 - 1869) …

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