Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Stringham was born on 11 October 1859, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States, her father, Jeremiah Stringham, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Ann Bovee, was 28. She married Joseph Lancen Colby on 16 September 1877, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 27 March 1948, in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Ellen Stringham Colby in household of Joseph Colby, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Mary Ellen Stringham Colby, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Mary Ellen Stringham in entry for Elmer Colby, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Historical Boundaries: 1863: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1865: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (London): habitational name from Strensham (Worcestershire), recorded as Stringesham in 1328. The placename appears to derive from an Old English personal name Streng (genitive Strenges) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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