Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Staker was born on 21 January 1848, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Nathan Staker, was 46 and her mother, Jane Richmond, was 37. She married Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth Sr on 1 December 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Moreland, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1920. In 1880, at the age of 32, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 8 January 1929, in Colonia García, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 80, and was buried in Juárez, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Sources (22)
- Mary S Staker Farnsworth in household of Alonzo Layette Farnsworth, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Mary Farnsworth in household of Alonzo Farnsworth, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ann Staker - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Mary Ann Staker
Spouse and Children
1841–1931 Male
1848–1929 Female
Parents and Siblings
1801–1884 Male
1810–1852 Female
Siblings (10)
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1832–1907 Male
1836–1865 Female
1837–1932 Male
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World Events (8)
1850
Age 2
1853
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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Name Meaning
topographic name for someone who lived by a stake, from Middle English stake ‘stake’ (Old English staca) + -er. Compare Stake .
occupational name for someone who made wooden stakes or who drove them into the ground, from an agent derivative of Middle English stake ‘stake’ (Old English staca). Compare Stake .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
Sequel ~ poem written by Mary Farnsworth to Eliza
“Sequel” A poem written by Mary Farnsworth to her stepmother, Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker as a gift on her birthday on January 19, 1909. And like dear Job of ancient fame He bore, with patience, eve …
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