Brief Life History of Emma Seraphine
When Emma Seraphine West was born on 3 January 1836, in Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Walker West, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Cooper, was 31. She married Jesse Nathaniel Smith on 13 May 1852, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Snowflake, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880. She died on 15 October 1910, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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- Emma W Smith in household of Hyrum Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Seraphine West - birth: 3 January 1836;
- Emma S West & Jesse N. Smith in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1861
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER William Melvin Flake BIRTH 20 Jan 1861 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA DEATH 20 Mar 1861 (aged 2 months) Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona, USA BURIAL R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona, USA MEMORIAL ID 66344143 · View Source
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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by Hannah Daphne Smith Dalton, daughter of Emma Seraphine Smith & Jessie N. Smith Sr. Father arrived home from his mission, October 22, 1864, and found his family in great poverty. All of us childre …
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