Brief Life History of Wealthy Matilda
When Wealthy Matilda Higgins was born on 2 May 1847, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States, her father, Nelson Higgins, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Blackman, was 41. She died on 22 November 1849, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Blackman Higgins, "Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments - Pioneer Overland Travels" (1847)
- Wealthy Matilda Higgins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wealtha Matilda Higgins, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847
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1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Wealthy Matilda Higgins
Wealthy Matilda Higgins Born 2 May 1847 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado Died 22 November 1849 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah Wealthy's parents are Nelson Higgins and Sarah Blackman, both born in New York. They …
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