Martha Eliza York

Brief Life History of Martha Eliza

When Martha Eliza York was born on 30 September 1849, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, her father, Aaron Mereon York Sr., was 42 and her mother, Hannah Carter, was 40. She married Adelbert Carlos Roberts on 22 February 1865, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 31 December 1931, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adelbert Carlos Roberts
1847–1919
Martha Eliza York
1849–1931
Marriage: 22 February 1865
Lucia Aldula Roberts
1866–1949
Adelbert Carlos Roberts
1869–1920
Flora May Roberts
1871–1872
Lillian Maud Roberts
1873–1873
Clarence Roberts
1874–1874
Ruby Roberts
1877–1964
Lydia Ann Roberts
1879–1967
Bolivar Roberts
1882–1883
Ethel Una Roberts
1884–1913
Donna Juanita Roberts
1888–1891
Murray Koseth Roberts
1890–1957
Daphne Roberts
1892–1969

Sources (26)

  • Martha Roberts in household of Hannah York, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Eliza York - birth: 30 September 1849;
  • Martha Eliza York Roberts, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from the city of York in northern England. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the Latin name Eburacum, which is probably from a Brittonic name meaning ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers, who altered it back to opacity in the form Jórvík or Jórk (English York, which became finally settled as the placename in the 13th century). The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of the East Slavic patronymic Yurkovich or its Croatian, Slovak, or Slovenian variants. Compare Yurk .

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

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1850 Trek to Salt Lake

Aaron and Hannah Carter York and their children departed from Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa, for Salt Lake in 1850. Their children, born in Newry, were: Asa Bartlett York, 18; Julia Ann Kilgore Yo …

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