When Mary Jane Bethers was born on 28 February 1835, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Zadock Stergeous Bethers, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Collins, was 28. She married Asa Bartlett York on 28 September 1853, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 3 June 1863, in Grafton, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Grafton Cemetery, Grafton, Washington, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Some characteristic forenames: French Monique, Napoleon.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Lemieux , a variant of Better with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSketch of the Life of Mary Jane Bethers York Pioneer of Utah in 1852 Told and prepared by Almira Tiffany Bethers Mary Jane Bethers York was the daughter of Zadock Stergeous Bethers and Sarah Collins …
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