Brief Life History of Stella "Sally"
When Stella "Sally" Waterman was born on 24 July 1797, in Franklin, Delaware, New York, United States, her father, David Bassett Waterman, was 23 and her mother, Jerusha Case, was 20. She married William Wines Phelps on 28 April 1815, in Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 2 January 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sally Phelps in household of William W Phelps, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sally W Phelps, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Sally W Phelps, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English and Dutch: occupational name for a boatman or ferryman, or a water carrier (the English name was perhaps sometimes synonymous with Middle English waterlader or waterberer, denoting a man who carried fresh water from a spring or stream for drinking or domestic use), or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or stretch of water (see Water 2).
English: occupational name from the Middle English personal name Water or Walter + man, meaning ‘servant of Wa(l)ter’.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wassermann or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wasserman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Brigham Young reprimanding William Wines Phelps's Wife Stella (Sally) Waterman
From the journal of Richard Ballantyne, May - Aug 1848: July 7th We crossed a considerably high point of the bluffs and a bad crick at the foot of the ascent. There was some quarreling amongst the Br …
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