Frances Emeline Nixon

Brief Life History of Frances Emeline

When Frances Emeline Nixon was born on 1 February 1851, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, George Nixon, was 32 and her mother, Frances Hart, was 32. She married Francis Caleb Carling on 23 May 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Oak Creek, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880 and Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 5 May 1903, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Ririe Shelton Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John William Dutson
1828–1887
Frances Emeline Nixon
1851–1903
Marriage: 14 April 1873
Frances Ann Dutson
1874–1940
Franklin Washington Carling Dutson
1876–1878
Phebe Jane Dutson
1879–1900
William Henry Dutson
1886–1927

Sources (26)

  • Fanny Carling in household of F C Carling, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Fannie Emaline Nixon - birth: 1 February 1851;
  • Fannie Dutson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (northern), Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nik(k)e, a short form of Nicholas . This is a famous Scottish Borders surname, which has also been established in Ireland since the Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century.

Americanized form of Finnish Nissinen, from the personal name Nissi, a pet form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ) + the surname suffix -nen.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Samuel Cleamont Dutson was born May 21, 1873, the son of John William Dutson and his second wife Caroline Geneva Jenkins Dutson. He was the sixth of seven children (George Lyman, Joseph Willard, Eliz …

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