Brief Life History of Emma Frances
When Emma Frances Levens was born on 22 December 1835, in Sugar Creek Township, Clinton, Illinois, United States, her father, William Jarvis Levens, was 32 and her mother, Mary Ann Gollaher, was 24. She married Thomas McKenzie on 14 February 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 4 November 1920, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Emma F Crofford in household of John Crofford, "United States Census, 1910"
- Emma Frances Crawford, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Emma Levens in entry for Wm L Crawford, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1851 · Brigham City is Settled
In 1851, Brigham City is settled and named after Brigham Young.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so named from the Old English personal name Lēofa (genitive form) + næss ‘promontory’.
North German, Dutch, and Flemish: patronymic from Leven 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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