Jane Maria Lake

Brief Life History of Jane Maria

When Jane Maria Lake was born on 18 July 1830, in Ernestown Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, her father, James Madison Lake Jr., was 41 and her mother, Philomela Smith, was 36. She married Stephen Ordway Sr in 1850, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Star Valley, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Fairview, Weston, Wyoming, United States in 1910. She died on 10 February 1914, in Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Taylor
1825–1900
Jane Maria Lake
1830–1914
Marriage: 12 July 1852
Moroni Taylor
1853–1924
Esther Taylor
1855–1856
Emma Jane Taylor
1857–1932
Lydia Ann Taylor
1858–1888
James Bailey Taylor
1860–1865
Janet Taylor
1861–1862
Juliet Taylor
1862–1864
Andrew Taylor
1864–1864
Mary Ellen Taylor
1864–1864
Elizabeth Taylor
1866–1922
Philomela Taylor
1868–1869
Amanda Taylor
1870–1930

Sources (25)

  • Jane Ordway in household of Stephen Ordway, "United States Census, 1850"
  • George Lake in Birth's of Family of Philomila Smith - Appendix Brigham City Arizona Terr - Vol III George Lake Missionary Journal
  • Jane Taylor, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

1841

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source

1869

Historical Boundaries - 1869: Uinta, Wyoming Territory, United States; 1890: Uinta, Wyoming, United States

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.

English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).

North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).

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

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Story Highlight

Nelson, Lydia Ann Lake, [Autobiography], in Roberta Flake Clayton, comp., Pioneer Women of Arizona, 432.

RELATED COMPANIES James Lake Company (1850) In the summer of 1850 we went forth again in the time to join a company of saints moving to the Valley. My father [James Lake] was chosen captain of fifty. …

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