Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
When Margaret Ann Oldham was born on 11 December 1849, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Oldham, was 36 and her mother, Maria Heap, was 32. She married Prince Albert Crapo on 15 December 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Bradford St James, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Leeds St Paul, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died on 14 November 1928, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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- Margaret Oldham in household of John Oldham, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Ann Oldham - Published information: birth: about 1844; Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Margaret Ann Crapo, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald ‘old’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island, water meadow’.
History: Colonist and trader John Oldham was born in Lancashire, England, c. 1600 and emigrated to North America in 1623, arriving at Plymouth, MA, in July on the ship Anne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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