Brief Life History of Marion Elizabeth
When Marion Elizabeth Mitchell was born on 4 September 1860, in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa, her father, David Alexander Mitchell II, was 23 and her mother, Christiana Gertrude Cornelia Clignet Frost, was 17. She married George Hand on 25 December 1877, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1906. She died on 23 November 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Benjamin Cemetery, Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Marion M.Hand in household of George Hand, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Marion Elizabeth Mitchell - Church record: Baptism record or certificate: birth: 3 September 1860; Uitenhage, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Marion Mitchell, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867
Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANNA GERTRUID CORNELIA CLIGNET FROST MITCHELL
Life Story of Christianna G. Frost And David Alexander Mitchell Christianna G. Frost was born September 7, 1842 in Uitenhage, Union of South Africa. She died on March 6, 1896 in Payson, Utah County, …
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