Mary Wardrop

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Wardrop was born on 1 January 1838, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Wardrop Sr., was 28 and her mother, Lucy McIntosh, was 22. She married Abraham Israel Levi in 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Beaver Election Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 7 January 1915, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Fotheringham
1826–1913
Mary Wardrop
1838–1915
Marriage: 25 January 1857
Abraham Levi Fotheringham
1855–1929
Emily Fotheringham
1860–1861
John Wardrop Fotheringham
1865–1917
Archibald Wardrobe Fotheringham
1867–1908
Mary Isabell Fotheringham
1871–1961
James Wardrop Fotheringham
1873–1951
Lucy Fotheringham
1875–1969

Sources (32)

  • Mary Wardrope in household of John Wardrope, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Mary W Fothingham, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Mary Mcintosh in entry for James Fotheringham, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"

World Events (8)

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

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): metonymic occupational name for an official of the wardrobe, in medieval usage the department of a royal or noble household responsible for clothing, armor, bedding, and other personal items (i.e. for someone who was in charge of the garments worn by a feudal lord and his household), from Norman French warderobe, central French garderobe (warder, garder ‘to watch over, guard’ + robe ‘garment’).

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

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