Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Nightingale was born on 19 November 1834, in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Nightingale, was 38 and her mother, Jane Archer, was 36. She married Edward William Davis on 26 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 4 July 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jemima Davis in household of Edward Davis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jemima Davis, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Jemema Nightingale Davis in entry for John Nightingale Davis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
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
1850 · Belle Vue Gaol Opens
Belle Vue Gaol was a Victorian prison in Gorton, Manchester. The living conditions for the prisoners were horrible. It was intended to be a prison for both males and females and also became a military prison. In 1892, the prison was demolished.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with a good voice, from Middle English nightegale ‘nightingale’ (Old English nihtegale, from niht ‘night’ + galan ‘sing’). The bird is known as a sweet singer.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Nachtigall , or cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Gone to Rest
A few weeks after the death of Jemima Nightingale Davis, her fellow sisters in the Relief Society of the Salt Lake Seventeenth Ward met at the home of one of the women in their company. The society me …
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