Esther Eunice Ogilvie

Brief Life History of Esther Eunice

When Esther Eunice Ogilvie was born on 12 April 1833, in Nova Scotia, British North America, her father, George Byers Ogilvie, was 28 and her mother, Barbara Elizabeth Mattatall, was 35. She married Allan Stewart Adamson on 28 September 1855, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 September 1881, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Allan Stewart Adamson
1823–1908
Esther Eunice Ogilvie
1833–1881
Marriage: 28 September 1855
Allen Adamson
1856–1860
Esther Eunice Adamson
1858–1912
William Arthur Adamson
1860–1931
Anna Marie Adamson
1861–1923
Louisa Ellis Adamson
1863–1893
Joseph Smith Adamson
1865–1930
Brigham Young Adamson
1867–1893
Mary Ellen Adamson
1870–1902
George Quincy Cannon Adamson
1874–1953

Sources (21)

  • Hester Adamson in household of Allen Adamson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Esther Eunice Ogilvie - Church record: birth: 12 June 1832;
  • Ester Ogilvie, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (7)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Self-Governing

In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Oglesby , a habitational name from the barony of Ogilvie in Glamis (Angus), whose name is probably Pictish, of uncertain origin and meaning.

Irish: adopted for Gilboy .

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

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Esther Eunice Ogilvie

Esther was born in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Esther's mother's family, the Mattatahls) had immigrated from France in the 1770's. Esther was baptized in 1853 (age 21) by a missionary from …

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