Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Higbee was born on 2 November 1836, in Caldwell, Missouri, United States, her father, Isaac Higbee Jr., was 38 and her mother, Keziah String, was 33. She married Henry Clay Rogers on 19 October 1856, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Lehi, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1880 and Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1910. She died on 23 July 1925, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Emma Rogers in household of Hy C Rogers, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emma Higbee, entry for Hester Caroline Rogers "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940"
- Emma Higbee, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (London): perhaps a habitational name, but no place of this name is known in Britain. The proposed etymology from an Old English personal name, Higbert, is equally doubtful.
History: The name was brought to North America in the 1640s from Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Emma Higbee
Emma Higbee was a daughter of Isaac and Keziah String Higbee. Her parents had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had left their home in Ohio to make a new home among the Saints …
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