Emma Frances Phillips

Brief Life History of Emma Frances

When Emma Frances Phillips was born on 10 February 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, William George Phillips, was 21 and her mother, Maria Ann Tuckfield, was 18. She married Orson Douglas Romney on 4 September 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in North America in 1925 and World in 1940. She died on 13 June 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orson Douglas Romney
1860–1941
Emma Frances Phillips
1862–1941
Marriage: 4 September 1884
Vilate Ellen Romney
1885–1964
Gertrude May Romney
1888–1961
Orson Douglas Romney Jr
1892–1950
Melbourne Romney
1895–1973
William George Romney
1897–1916

Sources (105)

  • Emma F. Phillips Romney in household of Orson Douglas Romney, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S., Births, 1890-1911
  • U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · New Zealand Settlements Act

The New Zealand Settlements Act was passed to be able to seize any of the land from the Maori tribes who had been in rebellion against the Government since the beginning of the year. This confiscation law targeted Kingitanga Maori mainly because they were whom the government had waged war against in the attempt to restore British Law to the tribes. 

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).

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

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