Brief Life History of Isabella Nixon
When Isabella Nixon Boag was born on 27 August 1838, in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Aaron Boag, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Drysdale, was 26. She married Robert Gorman on 6 December 1861, in Calton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Bridgeton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 11 November 1932, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Isabella Boggs in household of Aaron Boggs, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- MARRIAGE: Isabella Boag, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Isabella Boag Bryson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Irish (Antrim): from Ó Buadhaigh, see Bogue .
Scottish: variant of Boak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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