Brief Life History of Betsy
When Betsy Ritchie was born on 27 July 1841, in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Ritchie, was 65 and her mother, Ann Anderson, was 35. She married Thomas Crawley on 4 June 1863, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1863. She died on 16 March 1904, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
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- Betsy R Crawley in household of Thomas Crawley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Betty Ritchie, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Betsey Richie Crawley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Juab, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Juab, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: from a Scottish and northern English pet form of the personal name Rich , a short form of Richard . This surname is also common in Ulster.
Altered form of German Richer 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Thomas Crawley History by Elva Bigelow Carter
[From a booklet written by Elva B. Carter for Christmas, 1984, with the help of her daughter Myrna C. Laird, who typed and compiled it. ] Histories of Clyde Avor Carter’s Ancestors THOMAS CRAWLEY I …
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