Harriet Matilda Kelsey

24 July 1853–7 July 1948 (Age 94)
Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Harriet Matilda

When Harriet Matilda Kelsey was born on 24 July 1853, in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Henry Kelsey, was 22 and her mother, Harriet Huggett, was 27. She married James Jordan Davis on 5 May 1873, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salem Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 7 July 1948, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Jordan Davis
1829–1903
Harriet Matilda Kelsey
1853–1948
Marriage: 5 May 1873
James Henry Davis
1874–1928
Ellen Davis
1875–1902
Robert Kelsey Davis
1877–1927
Harriet Emma Davis
1879–1949
Junius Jordan Davis
1882–1883
Grace Davis
1884–1961
Ray Davis
1886–1962
Lettie Davis
1889–1956
Ernest Edwin Davis
1891–1973
Moses Davis
1894–1894
Lester Earl Davis
1895–1973
Floyd Homer Davis
1897–1975
Iola Davis
1901–1987

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 May 1873Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1854 · The Crimean War
    Age 1
    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.
    1863
    Age 10
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
    Age 27
    School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from an uncertain initial element (perhaps an Old English personal name with genitive -es) + Old English ēg ‘island’.Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.History: William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kelsay

    Story Highlight

    Harriet Matilda Kelsey Davis compiled by Lettie D. Peterson

    A Sketch of the Life of Harriet Matilda Kelsey Davis Compiled by her daughter, Lettie D. Peterson …

    Sources (41)

    • Harriet M Davis in entry for Unknown, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
    • Harriet Matilda Kelsey Davis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Harriett M Kelsey in entry for Lester Earl Davis and Margaret Frances Hanley, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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