Brief Life History of Maria Yost
When Maria Yost Mayer was born on 8 September 1837, in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States, her father, George Mayer, was 32 and her mother, Ann Yost, was 27. She married Leonard Ishmael Smith on 21 December 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 17 January 1892, in Marion Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Marion Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States.
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- Maria Greenstreet in household of F M Greenstreet, "United States Census, 1880"
- Moria Y Myers, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Legacy NFS Source: Maria Yost Mayer - Individual or family possessions: death: 17 January 1892; Kansas
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World Events (8)
1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Buchanan, Missouri , United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Franz, Helmut, Wilhelm, Erwin, Gerhard, Heinz, Ilse, Lorenz, Wolfgang.
English (Staffordshire): post-medieval form of Mear, which is either a topographic name, from Middle English mere ‘pond, pool’ (Old English mere) or Middle English mere ‘boundary’ (Old English (ge)mǣre), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places with names derived from these terms, such as Mere (Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire), Meir in Caverswall (Staffordshire), and Meare (Somerset).
English: occupational name for a physician, from Old French mire, Middle English mire, meir, meyre, originally synonymous with Myer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Mayer family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. The Family included George and his wife Ann Yost, and their daughters Rachel Ann, Mary Ann, Cath …
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