Martha Ann Truman

Brief Life History of Martha Ann

When Martha Ann Truman was born on 2 May 1850, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Jacob Mica Truman, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Boyes, was 19. She married Nathaniel Ashby on 1 August 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 27 February 1892, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Ashby
1835–1882
Martha Ann Truman
1850–1892
Marriage: 1 August 1870
Richard Truman Ashby
1872–1920
Jacob Henry Ashby
1874–1881
Elizabeth Ann Ashby
1875–1956
Alice May Ashby
1877–1881
Emma Lucilla Ashby
1879–1881
Paulina Ashby
1881–1881
Rodney Carlos Ashby
1881–1904

Sources (54)

  • Martha Truman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Martha Ann Truman Ashby Powell, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Trueman .

Jewish (from Latvia): habitational name for someone from a Latvian village, the Russian name of which is Trumany.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Trumann, a variant of Trautmann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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