Howard Knowlton Coray

Brief Life History of Howard Knowlton

When Howard Knowlton Coray was born on 10 April 1842, in Augusta, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, his father, Howard Coray, was 24 and his mother, Martha Jane Knowlton, was 19. He married Mary Elizabeth Lusk on 15 September 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Mona, Juab, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 October 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Howard Knowlton Coray
1842–1928
Mary Elizabeth Lusk
1833–1909
Marriage: 15 September 1872
Edna Helena Coray
1875–1960

Sources (56)

  • Howard K Cory, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Howard Knowlton Coray - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 10 April 1842;
  • Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places in northern England. Those in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire are named with the Old Norse personal name Kori (see Cory ) + Old Norse býr ‘farm, settlement’, whereas the one in Cumbria has as its first element the Old Irish personal name Corc.

French: nickname from a diminutive of corb ‘crow’.

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

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