Mary Elizabeth Knowles

27 August 1858–29 January 1920 (Age 61)
Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Knowles was born on 27 August 1858, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, William Howard Knowles, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Croft, was 28. She married George Howard Baugh on 26 June 1879, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Atherton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 29 January 1920, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Howard Baugh
1856–1934
Mary Elizabeth Knowles
1858–1920
Marriage: 26 June 1879
Virginia Monida Baugh
1880–1965
George Howard Baugh Jr
1882–1940
Estella Olive Baugh
1884–1949
William LeRoy Baugh
1886–1962
Joseph Ferneyhough Baugh
1888–1962
Margaret Elizabeth Baugh
1891–1927
Wilford Croft Baugh
1893–1971
Lawrence Knowles Baugh
1896–1960
Florence Adaline Baugh
1898–1900
Aurelia Fay Baugh
1903–1967

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 June 1879Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1859 · Logan is Founded
    Age 1
    "\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
    1863
    Age 5
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
    Age 17
    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English knol(le) ‘knoll, hilltop’ (Old English cnoll) or from any of the many places (some lost) named with this word, for example Knowle (Devon, Dorset, Lancashire, Somerset, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire) and Knole (Kent, Sussex).Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail (see Newell ).English: variant of Noel , often, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Knoles
    Newell

    Sources (34)

    • Mary E Baugh in household of Geo H Baugh, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Marion Knowles in entry for Elmer Peterson and Margaret E. Baugh, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
    • Mary Elizabeth Knowles in entry for Virginia Monida Baugh Thorpe, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"

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