Brief Life History of Harriet Eliza
When Harriet Eliza Merchant was born on 30 January 1839, in New South Wales, Australia, her father, Richard Bapson Merchant, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Barnes, was 33. She married William Shepherd Baxter on 14 March 1858, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Arnot, Bloss Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 28 April 1914, in Clymer Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Blossburg, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Harriet B Wilson in household of Thos H Wilson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Harriet Eliza Merchant, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
- Harriet Eliza Merchant, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1841
George Grey appointed Governor of South Australia.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, Untied States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans (see Marchand ).
Indian (Gujarat and Mumbai): Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader, from the English vocabulary word merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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