When Mary Ann Leslie was born on 8 August 1834, in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Andrew Leslie, was 28 and her mother, Ann Thomson, was 29. She married James Buchanan Porter Sr. on 1 November 1852. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 6 March 1923, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish: habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c. 1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin. Leslie in Fife is said to be named for this place; in some cases the surname may come from there.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Lecelin, a double diminutive of Lece. See Leece and Lesley .
History: The Scottish Clan Leslie claims descent from Bartolf, a Hungarian nobleman who came to Scotland in 1068 or 1070 in the retinue of Queen Margaret. She was an English princess who had been born and brought up in Hungary and who went on to marry King Malcolm III of Scotland. Members of the clan have held several titles in the peerage of Scotland, including Earl of Rothes (from 1437).
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Possible Related NamesMary Ann Leslie married James Buchanan Porter 1 November 1852 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City just two months after their arrival in Salt Lake City. She was his second wife. One of her childr …
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