Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Woolsey was born on 3 March 1849, in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States, her father, Thomas Woolsey, was 42 and her mother, Julia Ann Mitchell, was 21. She married Harrison Mastin Carter on 11 September 1873. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 23 October 1927, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Nancy Michell in household of Thomas Wooley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy Woolsey Carter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy Woolsey Carter in entry for Amos Liby Carter, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Wulsy (Old English Wulfsige, from wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’). The personal name was common in Suffolk, where it gave rise to the surname of Henry VIII's minister Cardinal Wolsey.
History: George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) from England via the Netherlands in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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