Keziah Downes

Brief Life History of Keziah

When Keziah Downes was born on 10 May 1812, in Rainow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward Downes, was 24 and her mother, Betty or Elizabeth Broadhead, was 25. She married William Hill on 11 November 1834, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 11 January 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Parley Parker Pratt
1807–1857
Keziah Downes
1812–1877
Marriage: 27 December 1853

Sources (18)

  • Kazia Hill in household of John Crook, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Kezia D Pratt, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Kezia Hill, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"

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World Events (8)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1819 · Peterloo Massacre

On August 16, 1819, in St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England, a group of around 80,000 gathered together in an attempt to get parliament representation reformed. Shortly after a cavalry charged the crowd. By the end, 15 people died and around 600 were injured.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English (Shropshire and Staffordshire): variant of Down with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (counties Clare and Limerick): shortened Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Dubháin (see Doane ).

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

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Keziah Downes History

NOTES ON THE LIFE OF KEZIAH DOWNES PRATT Compiled by Maxine Driggs Belnap 2007 Keziah Downes was born 10 May 1812, in Rainow, Cheshire, England. Her parents were Edward Downes an …

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