Wilson Howard Dusenberry

Brief Life History of Wilson Howard

When Wilson Howard Dusenberry was born on 7 April 1841, in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States, his father, Mahlon Dusenberry, was 33 and his mother, Aurilla Coray, was 32. He married Harriet Virginia Knowlton Coray on 4 December 1864, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Pike, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 20 March 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilson Howard Dusenberry
1841–1925
Margaret Thompson Smoot
1854–1932
Marriage: 25 November 1874
Abraham Owen Dusenberry
1875–1946
Lorena Dusenberry
1878–1950
Ada Dusenberry
1882–1969
Eva Dusenberry
1882–1890
Cora Emily Dusenberry
1883–1963
Edith Dusenberry
1891–1976

Sources (36)

  • Wilson H Dusenberry, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Wison H. Dusenberry, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Wilson H Dusenberry, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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

Americanized form of Dutch Doesburg .

History: Johannes Hendricksen van Doesburg (born 1666 in Manhattan) had children called John and Mary Dosenborrow, Dusenbury, or Dusenberry.

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

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