Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Cutcliffe was born on 5 July 1835, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Cutcliffe, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Hill Jones, was 38. She married Daniel Spencer Jr on 27 December 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 28 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Cutcliffe in household of George Cutcliffe, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Jane Spencer, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Mary Jane Spencer, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: 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 (Devon): habitational name from a lost place, probably in the manor of Cove in Tiverton.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sketch of the life of Mary Jane Cutcliffe, pioneer of 1856, wife of Daniel Spencer: prepared by their daughter Amelia Spencer
Mary Jane Cutcliffe, born July 5, 1835, Bristol, Somersetshire, England, daughter of George Cutcliffe and his wife Elizabeth Hill Jones, was the eighth child of her parents. The seven older ones havi …
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