When Elizabeth Wright was born on 6 November 1833, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James E. Wright Jr., was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Adamson, was 41. She married John Andrew on 25 December 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 5 September 1918, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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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.
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
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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Possible Related NamesElizabeth Wright was born 6 Nov 1833 to James and Elizabeth Adamson Wright. The family was living in Hillgate, Stockport, Chestershire, England. Her father James was working as a carpenter in a factor …
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