Tryphena Roseltha Perry

Brief Life History of Tryphena Roseltha

When Tryphena Roseltha Perry was born on 19 June 1847, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, her father, Captain Stephen Chadwick Perry, was 28 and her mother, Anna Maria Hulet, was 29. She married Leonard Jotham Whitney on 25 December 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 December 1924, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Jotham Whitney
1842–1921
Tryphena Roseltha Perry
1847–1924
Marriage: 25 December 1866
Leonard Nelson Whitney
1867–1871
Lilly Semyra Whitney
1870–1956
Harvey Alonzo Whitney
1872–1951
Lewis Jotham Whitney
1874–1954
Anna Tracey Whitney
1879–1966
Jessie Colista Whitney
1882–1949

Sources (67)

  • Trifenia R Perry in household of Stephen Perry, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Tryphena Roseltha Perry - birth-name: Tryphena Roseltha Perry
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961, in entry of Harvey A Whitney

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

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

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

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

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