Brief Life History of Julia Houston
When Julia Houston Pratt was born on 1 April 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Parley Parker Pratt, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Houston, was 23. She married John Gardner on 1 June 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 17 April 1903, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Julia Gardner in household of John Gardner, "United States Census, 1870"
- Julia Houston Pratt Gardner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Julia Pratt Gardner, "Utah, Cemetery Abstracts"
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1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sketch of the Life of John Gardner by Lizzie Belle Gardner Fillmore
Father was born in Glasgow, Scotland on July 22, 1873, the son of Alexander and Ann Knox Gardner. He was the eldest of a family of seven: two girls and five boys. The sisters were Lizzie and …
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