Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Mitchell was born on 14 April 1843, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Hezekiah Mitchell, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Ann Mallinson, was 32. She married Captain James Brown on 19 September 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 19 February 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Maria B Horricks in household of Richard R Solomon, "United States Census, 1920"
- Maria Mitchell, Birth Certificate
- Maria Mitchell Brown Horracks, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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