Brief Life History of Harriet Electa
When Harriet Electa Hales was born on 30 October 1846, in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States, her father, George Hales, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Ann Gregory, was 23. She married William Vaun Fotheringham on 10 October 1865, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Star Election Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 February 1937, in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Harriet Electa Hales fotheringham, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Harriett E Fotheringham, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Harriet Electa Hales Fotheringham, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (widespread, especially in the southeast): from the genitive singular or nominative plural form of Old English halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Hale ).
Irish: when not of English origin, this may be a variant of Healy or McHale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Hales - Life Sketch
History of George Hales (Rhoda Alice Hales, daughter, and Irene Tolton Hammand, granddaughter, provided a ketch containing much of the following material. Another granddaughter, Vera Hales Quilter, …
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