Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Smithies was born on 7 October 1837, in Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Smithies, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Ann Knowles, was 28. She married Heber Chase Kimball on 25 January 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 8 June 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Smithers Kimball in household of Heber C Kimball, "United States Census, 1860"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com
- Mary Smithies Kimball, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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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
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
Name Meaning
English: variant of Smithey with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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THE LAST WIFE When Heber met his last wife in 1837, she was a few days old. Her parents, James and Ann Smithies, had been among Heber's first converts in England but wept bitterly on learning the Morm …
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