Brief Life History of Susan Amelia
When Susan Amelia Risley was born on 24 August 1807, in Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Elizur Risley, was 27 and her mother, Amelia Matson, was 26. She married Welcome Chapman Sr. in 1831, in Madison, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 18 February 1888, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Susan Chapman in household of husband Welcome Chapman, 1850, "Utah Territory-United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Susan Amelia Risley - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Susan Amelia Risley
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Risley in Winwick (Lancashire), Risley (Derbyshire), Riseley (Bedfordshire), or Riseley Farm in Swallowfield (Berkshire). The placenames derive from Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Welcome Chapman and Susan Amelia Risley Chapman
It is possible that Welcome and Orrin Porter Rockwell may have been acquainted, and since more has been written on Brother Rockwell, check those sources. Grandpa Welcome, The Friend/December 1993 b …
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