Brief Life History of Emma Smith
When Emma Smith Yearsley was born on 14 November 1842, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Dutton Yearsley, was 34 and her mother, Mary Ann Hoopes, was 31. She married William Brockerman Wright on 15 March 1860, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 24 March 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Emma Wright in household of William B Wright, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emma Yearsley, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Emma S. Wright, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Yeardsley in Cheshire, which is recorded as Erdeslee in 1347 and Hurdyslegh in 1370. The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Ēorēd (genitive Ēorēdes) or Old English hirde ‘herdsman’ (genitive hirdes) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. There may have been some confusion with Yardley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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