Harriet Amelia Wight

Brief Life History of Harriet Amelia

When Harriet Amelia Wight was born on 4 March 1849, in Augusta, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, her father, Lyman Wight, was 19 and her mother, Harriet Bateman, was 18. She married Ralph Jenkins on 1 February 1866, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 27 January 1867, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Jenkins
1843–1922
Harriet Amelia Wight
1849–1867
Marriage: 1 February 1866
Nancy Amelia Jenkins
1867–1906

Sources (21)

  • Harriet White in household of Lyman White, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Harriot Amelia Wight Jenkins, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Hariet A Wight, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

1851 · Brigham City is Settled

In 1851, Brigham City is settled and named after Brigham Young.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wiht, wight ‘agile, nimble, strong, brave’ (Old Norse víg with the Old Norse neuter suffix -t, for which compare the word scant), or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht. Possibly sometimes a nickname from Middle English wight ‘living creature; small portion or thing’, or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht.

English: habitational name from the Isle of Wight. The island is recorded as Vectis (its Latin name) c. 150 AD . Its name derives from a British word, perhaps related to Welsh gwaith ‘turn, course’, meaning ‘place of the division’, in reference to the island's position in the Solent.

English and Scottish: variant of White .

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

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