Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Muir was born on 15 April 1853, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Muir, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Hannah, was 23. She married Ross Burton Hughes on 23 January 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Timpanogus, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1880 and Orem Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 20 March 1943, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- 1940 - Mary H Bunnell in household of her daughter Pearl Newell, "United States Census"
- Mary Hughes, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Mary Muir Hughes Bunnell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1854 · St. George's Hall
In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ (an expanse of bare, wild upland country). There has been some confusion with Mure .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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