Brief Life History of Julia Melville
When Julia Melville Veach was born on 10 March 1841, in Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States, her father, William Hudson Veach, was 31 and her mother, Nancy Ann Elliott, was 26. She married Henry Grow Jr on 17 July 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 November 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Julia Melville Veach in household of Marco B. Grow, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Julia Melville (Mattie) Veach - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Julia Melville Veach
- Julia M. Grow, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
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
Scottish: variant of Veitch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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