Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Yates was born on 11 January 1836, in South Stoke, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Yates, was 46 and her mother, Hannah House, was 40. She married Edward Stevenson on 16 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Federal Way, King, Washington, United States in 1926. She died on 23 June 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Louisa Yates Stevenson in household of Thomas Wm Stevenson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Lumas Yates, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
- Luoisa Stevenson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’, plural of yate, Old English geat ‘gate’, hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or castle and who probably acted as the gatekeeper or porter. Compare Gates . Alternatively, a variant of the singular form Yate, with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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