Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Deer was born on 18 March 1831, in Llangiwg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, David Deer, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Jones, was 19. She married David Woodwell Davis in June 1854, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 12 November 1897, in Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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- Mary D Price, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Deer, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Mary Deer, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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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.
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 Dear .
Irish (Limerick and Tipperary) and Welsh: variant of Deere 2.
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘deer’, for example German and Jewish Hirsch , Slovenian and Czech Jelen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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