Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Riser was born on 20 May 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, George Christian Riser Sr, was 25 and her mother, Sophia Christiana Kull, was 22. She married William Hayes on 29 April 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She died on 8 July 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Riser in household of George Riser, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Ann Hayes, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Mary Ann Riser, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a thicket or underbrush, from an agent noun based on Middle High German rīs ‘branch, shrubbery’.
Possibly an Americanized form of German Reiser .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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