Brief Life History of Mary Minerva
When Mary Minerva Wells was born on 10 December 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Daniel Hanmer Wells, was 41 and her mother, Lydia Ann Alley, was 27. She married Orson Ferguson Whitney on 24 July 1888, in Colonia Díaz, Chihuahua, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 January 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Mary M. Whitney in household of Lydia A. Wells, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Minerva Wells birth record
- Mary M. Wells, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
Spouse and Children
1855–1931 Male
1855–1935 Female
Children (2)
1892–1972 Male
1895–1971 Male
Parents and Siblings
1814–1891 Male
1828–1909 Female
Siblings (6)
1853–1922 Female
1855–1935 Female
1858–1859 Female
1862–1952 Male
1868–1868 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1863
Age 8
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 8
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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