Mary Griffiths

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Griffiths was born on 11 June 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Joseph Griffiths, was 29 and her mother, Ann Roberts, was 26. She married Job Harker on 26 March 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 20 May 1917, in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Job Harker
1844–1922
Mary Griffiths
1845–1917
Marriage: 26 March 1864
Joseph Henry Harker
1865–1940
Job William Harker
1866–1867
Mary Ann Harker
1867–1880
Mary Elizabeth Harker
1869–1950
Willard Heber Harker
1871–1872
Joseph Clarence Harker
1873–1873
Hyrum Sneath Harker
1874–1946
David Harker
1876–1958
Susannah Harker
1878–1938
Amos Harker
1880–1942
Ernest Harker
1882–1956
Alfred Harker
1884–1965
Parley Harker
1886–1938
Bertha Harker
1887–1949

Sources (142)

  • Mary Harker in household of Job Harker, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
  • Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated

On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Welsh (Glamorgan and western England): Anglicized form of the patronymic (ap) Gruffudd, from Old Welsh Grippiud (see Griffith ).

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

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Job Harker and Mary Griffiths

Job and Mary Harker Job Harker, the second son of Joseph and Susannah Sneath Harker, was born April 1, 1844, in Pointon, Lincolnshire, England during the same eventful spring that his father heard …

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