Mary Alice Melling

Brief Life History of Mary Alice

When Mary Alice Melling was born on 13 April 1854, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Melling, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Ward, was 34. She married Sylvester Frazer Jones on 9 January 1878, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1870 and Iron, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 29 January 1925, in Summit, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Enoch Cemetery, Enoch, Iron, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sylvester Frazer Jones
1848–1934
Mary Alice Melling
1854–1925
Marriage: 9 January 1878
Margaret Alice Jones
1878–1953
Daniel Lee Jones
1880–1956
Sarah Melling Jones
1882–1975
Seth Melling Jones
1884–1972
Nathaniel Brindle Jones
1885–1977
Elizabeth Melling Jones
1888–1968
Joseph Melling Jones
1892–1942
Lyman Melling Jones
1893–1893
Jesse Melling Jones
1895–1914
Leone Melling Jones
1897–1972

Sources (34)

  • Mary Alice Jones in household of Sylvester Jones, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary Alice Melling, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
  • Mary Alice Jones, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from any of the places near Lancaster and near Liverpool. Both are probably so called from an Old English personal name Mealla + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas.

Irish: variant of Mellon .

German: habitational name from a place called Mellingen (see Mellinger ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Story of Seth Melling Jones

THE LIFE STORY OF SETH MELLING JONES Written by Himself In the little town of Enoch in Iron County, Utah, seven m …

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