When Ruth Hannah Newton was born on 1 April 1837, in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin Newton, was 45 and her mother, Ruth Whiteley, was 40. She married William Draper Jr on 17 April 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853 and lived in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 4 April 1896, in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Andria Christensen BIRTH 10 Nov 1855 DEATH Aug 1857 (aged 1) BURIAL Moroni City Cemetery Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, USA PLOT On The Plains MEMORIAL ID 89437112 · View Source
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
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