Annie Amanda Gifford

11 March 1850–27 August 1921 (Age 71)
Plum Hollow, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Annie Amanda

When Annie Amanda Gifford was born on 11 March 1850, in Plum Hollow, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Henry Dill Gifford, was 24 and her mother, Almira Ann Braffett, was 21. She married Samuel Mackey Jr. on 11 October 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900 and Cove, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 27 August 1921, in Sevier, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Joseph Cemetery, Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Mackey Jr.
1844–1917
Annie Amanda Gifford
1850–1921
Marriage: 11 October 1869
Almira Ann Mackey
1870–1942
Samuel Mackey
1872–1947
Mary Lucritia Mackey
1876–1876
Sarah Minerva Mackey
1878–1879
Henry John Mackey
1880–1952
Anthony Mackey
1884–1884
Phoebe Mackey
1888–1969

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 October 1869Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
    Age 7
    The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
    1863
    Age 13
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 20
    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 (of Norman origin): variant of Giffard, either from the Middle English personal name Gifard, derived from an Old French name of this form deriving from ancient Germanic geb- ‘give, gift’ + hard- ‘hardy, brave’, or perhaps sometimes a nickname from Old French gif(f)ard ‘chubby-cheeked, bloated’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Jeffords

    Story Highlight

    Samuel Mackey Jr and Annie Amanda Gifford

    Early Settlers of Sevier, Utah Samuel Mackey Jr. Annie Amanda Gifford Samuel Mackey Jr. was born 7 June 1844 at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. A son of Samuel Mackey Sr. and Phebe W …

    Sources (15)

    • Anna A Gifford in household of Henry Gifford, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Annie Amanda Mackey, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
    • Anna Gifford in household of Henry Gifford, "United States Census, 1850"

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