Brief Life History of Laura Elizabeth
When Laura Elizabeth Morris was born on 20 April 1854, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Hyrum Bowles Morris , Sr., was 32 and her mother, Eleanor Crawford Roberts, was 23. She married David Franklin Marcellus Rappleye on 30 December 1875, in Rockville, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1935 and Election District 14 Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States in 1940. She died on 17 September 1944, in Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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- Laura Elizabeth Rappleye, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Laura Moriz en entrada por Hyrum P. Rappeye y Mary E. Ballard, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Laura Elizabeth Morris Rappleye, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873
Historical Boundaries 1873: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States
1878 · Early Settlers Arrive in Mesa
George W. Sirrine, Charles I. Robson, Charles Crismon, and Francis M. Pomeroy broke ahead of the Mesa Company to determine the permanent location for the new settlers. They arrived to Ft. Utah in Arizona on December 1877. The remainder of the nine families of the Mesa Company arrived on February 14, 1878. The company moved five miles upstream to utilize an ancient canal. The townsite was known as Mesa City.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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