Esther Ellen Bowering

Brief Life History of Esther Ellen

When Esther Ellen Bowering was born in 1817, in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Isaac Bowering, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Riden, was 33. She married Isaac Harris on 25 December 1833, in Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Whitchurch, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 2 November 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Harris
1813–1852
Esther Ellen Bowering
1817–1854
Marriage: 25 December 1833
James Harris
1834–1834
Hannah Mariah Harris
1836–1881
William Harris
1840–1868
Jabez Harris
1842–1883
Elizabeth Rose Harris
1845–1888
Joshua Harris
1847–1927

Sources (26)

  • Esther Thomas in household of Hannah Thomas, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Marriage of William Evans and Elizabeth Bowering in Llandaff, Glamorgan
  • Esther Harris Williams, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: see Bowring .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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