Brief Life History of Walter Rollo
When Walter Rollo Emmett was born on 15 February 1875, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Emmett, was 47 and his mother, Nancy Hitchon, was 42. He married Joan Adele Woodmansee on 9 October 1900, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 24 March 1925, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Walter R Emmeott in household of Thomas Emmeott, "United States Census, 1880"
- W Rollo Emmett, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
- Walter R Emmett, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn
An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English female personal name Emmot, an interchangeable pet form of Emma, first introduced into England from France by the Normans, among whom it was extremely popular. Compare Emm .
habitational name from either Emmot near Colne (Lancashire) or Emmett in Bishop's Tawton (Devon). The former is from Old English ēa-gemōt ‘junction of the streams’. The latter is from Old English emnet ‘plain, level ground’, referring to the flat land here.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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