Harriet Wollerton Dilworth

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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Family Time Line

David Brinton
1814–1878
Harriet Wollerton Dilworth
1822–1896
Marriage: 14 January 1848
Caleb Dilworth Brinton
1848–1936
David Branson Brinton
1850–1929
Joseph Hammond Brinton
1852–1915
Samuel Brinton
1853–1911
William Henry Brinton
1855–1857
Franklin Dilworth Brinton
1857–1932
Harriet Dilworth Brinton
1857–1943
Sarah Elizabeth Brinton
1861–1936
Eliza Dilworth Brinton
1863–1941

Sources (61)

  • 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

World Events (8)

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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