Emma Millard

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Millard was born on 18 June 1851, in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Millard, was 36 and her mother, Hannah Jane Claridge, was 37. She married Erastus Snow Carpenter on 6 November 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. She lived in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 9 September 1896, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erastus Snow Carpenter
1845–1918
Emma Millard
1851–1896
Marriage: 6 November 1871
Erastus Snow Carpenter Jr.
1872–1950
Millard Carpenter
1875–1943
William Carpenter
1876–1958
Charles Carpenter
1878–1968
Boyd Carpenter
1879–1879
Robert Carpenter
1879–1879
George Carpenter
1881–1952
Samuel Carpenter
1887–1889

Sources (27)

  • Emma Miller, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Emma Millard, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
  • Emma Carpenter, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected 

George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Millward .

French and German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements mil ‘good, gracious’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. Compare Milord .

French (southern): from a variant of Occitan milhar ‘millet field’, a derivative of mil ‘millet’.

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

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Story Highlight

Erastus Snow and Emma

Erastus went to Salt Lake City got a job hauling ore from Little Cotton Wood Canyon He started home to Long Valley late in the season stopping in Nephi where he met a young lady by the name of Emma M …

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