Jemima Catherine Adair

Brief Life History of Jemima Catherine

When Jemima Catherine Adair was born on 6 April 1846, in Lexington, Washington, Iowa, United States, her father, Samuel Jefferson Adair, was 40 and her mother, Jemima Catherine Mangum, was 36. She married Frederick Dickenson Rugg on 11 January 1866, in Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 15 April 1926, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Dickenson Rugg
1843–1918
Jemima Catherine Adair
1846–1926
Marriage: 11 January 1866
Samuel Jefferson Rugg
1866–1870
Frederick W. Rugg
1870–1871
Mary Elisabeth Rugg
1872–1925
John Henry Rugg
1875–1946
Sarah Ellen Rugg
1877–1959
George Dickenson Rugg
1880–1952
Minnie Emma Rugg
1882–1968
Benjamin Rugg
1885–1889
Albert Rugg
1889–1889
Raymond Rugg
1889–1889

Sources (54)

  • Catharine G Adair in household of Saml Adair, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Jemima Catherine Rugg, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

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.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, a form of Edgar .

History: James Adair (c. 1709–83) was an ‘Indian trader’ in SC from 1735; he was born in Antrim, northern Ireland. Baron William Adair, from Scotland, also settled in SC at around the same period.

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

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