Emma Louise Stayner

Brief Life History of Emma Louise

When Emma Louise Stayner was born on 5 December 1857, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Arthur Stayner Sr., was 22 and her mother, Emma Irene Turner, was 23. She married Stephen Longstroth Richards on 15 August 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mountain Dell, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 September 1937, 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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Family Time Line

Stephen Longstroth Richards
1853–1922
Emma Louise Stayner
1857–1937
Marriage: 15 August 1878
Stephen L Richards
1879–1959
Alice Louise Richards
1880–1906
Claude Richards
1882–1962
George Gill Richards
1883–1950
Stayner Richards
1885–1953
Willard Richards
1887–1960
Russell Richelieu Richards
1889–1948
Arthur Richards
1892–1892
Nannie L Richards
1893–1894
Grace Richards
1895–1972

Sources (76)

  • Louisa Stayner in household of Arthur Stayner, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Emma Louise Stayner Richards, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Emma Louisa Stayner, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1863

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

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name denoting someone who stained, painted, or dyed materials, such as glass, wool, cloth, or wood, from Middle English stainer, ste(i)nour, steynour ‘stainer’.

Americanized form of Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Štajner: from German Steiner . Compare Stainer .

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

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