Brief Life History of Willmirth Matilda
When Willmirth Matilda Greer was born on 18 November 1824, in DeKalb, Georgia, United States, her father, Nathaniel Hunt Greer Sr, was 22 and her mother, Nancy Ann Terry Roberts, was 19. She married Edward Wallace East on 25 September 1839, in Washington, Republic of Texas. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Taylor, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880. She died on 31 March 1902, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Willmirth East in household of Edward W. East, "United States Census, 1880"
- Willmuth Greer, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Wilmirth Matilda Greer, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1833
Historical Boundaries 1833: Province de Texas, Mexico 1836: Washington, Republic of Texas 1845: Washington, Texas, United States Historical Names: 1833: Washington 1865: Washington-on-the-Brazos or Old Washington
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): from the medieval Scottish personal name Grier, a vernacular form of Gregor (see Gregory and compare Grierson ). This form of the surname is common in Ireland as well as Scotland.
History: A Scottish family by the name of Grierson claim descent from Gilbert, a son of Malcolm MacGregor (died 1374), 11th Lord of MacGregor. Gilbert was known as both MacGregor and Gregorson. In 1400 he was granted lands by the Earl of March in the name Grierson. The numerous northern Irish bearers of the name Greer claim descent from this same Gilbert.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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1814-1884 E W East Journal "Reminiscences"
This text of Edward Wallace East’s “Reminiscences by E. W. East” was prepared by Danelle Curtis using scans of the original hand written journal. The original journal is now at the BYU-Provo Ha …
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