Emma Jane Farmer

Brief Life History of Emma Jane

When Emma Jane Farmer was born on 24 July 1843, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Morris Farmer, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Trussler, was 26. She married Joseph Bodell on 17 May 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 2 March 1921, in Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Herriman Cemetery, Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bodell
1840–1876
Emma Jane Farmer
1843–1921
Marriage: 17 May 1862
Joseph Samuel Henry Bodell
1863–1940
Sarah Jane Bodell
1864–1866
James Fredrick Bodell
1866–1867
Emma Jane Bodell
1867–1941
John Trussler Bodell
1869–1945
Elizabeth Eliza Bodell
1870–1956
William Almon Bodell
1872–1953
Agnes Fanny Bodell
1874–1952
Martha Mary Serinda Bodell
1875–1917

Sources (38)

  • Emma Bedell in household of Joseph Bedell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Emma Jane, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Emma Jane Farmer Bodell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1852: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Cedar, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English fermo(u)r, fermer and Anglo-Norman French fermer (Old French fermier, medieval Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.

Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.

Americanized form (translation into English) of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered form Therrien . Compare Pharmer .

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

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Annotated Bibliography: Richard Farmer and Elizabeth Morris Family Stories

This research grew out of a project on my line. I realized there were many connections between my family in Herriman (Crane's) and the Farmer/Trussler family. I made this document to help me understan …

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