Emma Elizabeth Crossland

Brief Life History of Emma Elizabeth

When Emma Elizabeth Crossland was born on 30 May 1853, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, her father, Junius Crossland, was 32 and her mother, Frances Ann Otten, was 29. She married Joseph Lehi Foutz Sr on 28 December 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Shiprock, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1920. She died on 27 May 1949, in Kirtland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Kirtland Cemetery, Kirtland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lehi Foutz Sr
1837–1907
Emma Elizabeth Crossland
1853–1949
Marriage: 28 December 1868
Emma Elizabeth Foutz
1869–1947
Nora Almeda Foutz
1871–1939
Frances Ann Foutz
1874–1874
Ida May Foutz
1876–1963
Lehi Junius Foutz
1878–1954
Maud May Foutz
1879–1979
Alma Luff Foutz
1882–1970
Altha Foutz
1884–1978
Bertha Foutz
1886–1887
Lois Foutz
1888–1951
Josie Content Foutz
1890–1975
Elmer Foutz
1893–1971
Hugh Foutz
1896–1959

Sources (49)

  • Emma Foutz in household of Joseph Foutz, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Emma E. Foutz, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Emma E Crosslin in entry for Hugh Foutz, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1863

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

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Apache, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Apache, Arizona, United States

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in the parish of Almondbury, Yorkshire, named Crosland, from Old English cros ‘cross’ + land ‘newly cultivated land’.

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

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Emma Elizabeth Crossland

Emma Elizabeth Crossland was born May 30, 1853 at Keokuk, Iowa. Her parents Junius and Frances Ann Otten Crossland had been converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and …

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