Adella Rosetta Long

Brief Life History of Adella Rosetta

When Adella Rosetta Long was born on 2 January 1853, in Corton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Long, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Vout, was 20. She married John Walsh on 3 July 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 17 December 1939, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Walsh
1852–1927
Adella Rosetta Long
1853–1939
Marriage: 3 July 1879
William Ashman Walsh
1880–1881
Bertie Walsh
1881–1916
John Robert Walsh
1883–1955
Edith May Walsh
1885–1969

Sources (33)

  • Della R. Walsh, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Marriage of John Walsh and Adella Rosetta Long 1879
  • Ardella Rosetta Long Walsh, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

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.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .

Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).

German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.

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

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