Brief Life History of Daniel Leigh
When Daniel Leigh Walters was born on 15 February 1843, in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Walter Walters, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Rees Leigh, was 36. He married Martha Stennett Poppleton on 26 December 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Mount Sterling, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1908. He died on 28 July 1917, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Daniel Walters, "United States Census, 1870"
- UK General Register Office (GRO) Birth Record
- Daniel Walters, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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