When Emily Rowland Herbert was born on 31 October 1846, in Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Rowland Herbert, was 26 and her mother, Esther Hester Lewis, was 29. She married Hyrum Smith Workman on 17 January 1864, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 21 December 1894, in Lonetree, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Bullock Cemetery, Lonetree, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
German, English, and French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. In Britain, this Old French name, introduced by the Normans, reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht. The surname was taken to Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion and in the 16th century.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the German personal name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesEmily Herbert Workman Birth 31 Oct 1846 Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales Death 21 Dec 1894 (aged 48) Lonetree, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA Burial Bullock Cemetery Lonetree, Uinta County, Wyoming …
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