Brief Life History of Agnes Elizabeth
When Agnes Elizabeth Baxter was born on 25 May 1841, in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Baxter, was 34 and her mother, Agnes Grant, was 34. She married Charles Henry Roper on 12 September 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 1 February 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Agness Baxter, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Agnes Baster, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Agness Elizabeth Roper, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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