Brief Life History of Emily
When Emily Abel was born on 8 December 1855, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Isaac Abel, was 26 and her mother, Ann Methley, was 31. She married William Paxman on 11 October 1875, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920 and American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 11 March 1931, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Emily Paxman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Emily Abel Paxman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Emily Abel in entry for Ernest Paxman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, French, Spanish, and Polish; Slovak (mainly Ábel) and Czech (also Ábel): from the Biblical personal name Abel, Slovak Ábel, which was used in continental Europe from the sixth century. After the Norman Conquest it was introduced to England and Scotland, where it had a brief currency in the 12th and 13th centuries before being revived in England after the Reformation. In the Book of Genesis Abel is a son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain (Genesis 4:1–8). In Christian tradition he is regarded as a representative of suffering innocence. The Hebrew form of the name is Hebel (Latinized as Abel), from a vocabulary word meaning ‘breath’.
German: from the personal name Abel, a pet form of Albrecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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