Margaret Straway

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Straway was born on 8 December 1823, in Salt Creek Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, her father, Hutchinson G. Strawway, was 27 and her mother, Naomi, was 24. She married David Elliott on 12 March 1848, in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Greenwich, Piute, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 24 March 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Sloan Bailey
1819–1886
Margaret Straway
1823–1901
Marriage: 22 November 1857
Margaret Bailey
1858–1862
William Hutchinson Bailey
1860–1863
James Bailey
1861–1863

Sources (32)

  • Margaret Bailey in household of George S Bailey, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Straway - Church record: birth-name: Margaret Straway
  • Margaret Strawway, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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