When Helen Cameron Ramsay was born on 22 July 1847, in Southwark Christchurch, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Ramsay, was 32 and her mother, Mary McPherson Cameron, was 35. She married John Wilbert Chamberlin in 1865. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in West Point, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 3 September 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
Scottish and English: variant (the usual spelling in Scotland) of Ramsey . The Scottish Ramsays derive from Simund de Ramesie, recorded before 1175, who went to Scotland from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire).
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