Brief Life History of Austin Ship
When Austin Ship Mayhew was born on 24 October 1838, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Elijah Mayhew, was 31 and his mother, Lydia Farnsworth, was 30. He married Martha Jane Walker on 20 October 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Wayne, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 22 May 1910, in Giles, Wayne, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Utahn Cemetery, Utahn, Duchesne, Utah, United States.
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- Austin S Farnsworth in household of Lyda Farnsworth, "United States Census, 1860"
- Austin S. Mayhew, "BillionGraves Index"
- Austin S in entry for Shelby Mayhew, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): from the French and Middle English personal name Maheu (Old French Mahieu), a common Norman form of Matthew . Its common Middle English pet form was Maw, by syncope of the medial -he-; see under Maw 1. See also May and Mahy .
Americanized form of French Mailloux .
History: Thomas Mayhew (1593–1682) came to Medford, MA, from Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, c. 1632, and subsequently moved to Watertown, MA. In 1642 he established a settlement on Martha's Vineyard, with his son Thomas, who was the first English missionary to the Indians of New England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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