Brief Life History of Harriet Wollerton
When Harriet Wollerton Dilworth was born on 24 February 1822, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Caleb Dilworth, was 37 and her mother, Eliza Wollerton, was 28. She married David Dutton Yearsley on 1 February 1846, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 19 November 1896, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Harriet Brenton in household of David Brenton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harriet Wollerton Dilworth - birth-name: Harriet Wollerton Dilworth
- Harriet Wollert Dilworth in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1842 · Relief Society Organized
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Dilworth in Lancashire, named from Old English dile ‘dill’ (a medicinal and culinary herb) + worth ‘enclosure’.
Irish (Tyrone): English surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Dubhluachra ‘descendant of Dubhluachra’, a compound of dubh ‘black’ + luachair ‘rushes’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of David Brinton and Harriet Wollerton Dilworth by Laura Everton Wagstaff
DAVID BRINTON AND HARRIET WOLLERTON DILWORTH David Brinton and his wife, Harriet Wollerton Dilworth, were Utah pioneers of the year 1850. David, son of John Brinton and Priscilla Branson, was bor …
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