Brief Life History of Grace Emma
When Grace Emma Wilkinson was born on 30 September 1849, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Luke William Wilkinson, was 46 and her mother, Ann Ellam, was 36. She married George Stringfellow on 1 April 1867, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. In 1864, at the age of 14, her occupation is listed as spinster. She died on 13 April 1929, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Grace String in household of George String, "United States Census, 1870"
- Grace Emma Wilkinson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Grace Anna Stringfellow, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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: patronymic (‘son of Wilkin’) from Wilkin . Compare Wilkerson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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