Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Morgan was born on 15 December 1807, in Osnabruck Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, her father, McKenzie Morgan, was 31 and her mother, Margaret McDonell, was 28. She married William Adam Empey on 16 September 1829, in Osnabruck Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 February 1891, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A Empy in household of William Empy, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Ann Empey, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Mary Ann Morgan in entry for Maria Empey Gould, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).
Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).
Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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