Mary Ann Empey

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Empey was born on 15 February 1852, in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jesse Empey, was 26 and her mother, Mary Foulkes, was 25. She married Samuel Southwick on 11 August 1872. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1856 and lived in Willow Creek, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1910. She died on 19 April 1919, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Southwick
1844–1926
Mary Ann Empey
1852–1919
Marriage: 11 August 1872
Samuel Jesse Southwick
1873–1873
John Southwick
1875–1892
Mary Frances Southwick
1876–1877
William David Southwick
1877–1938
Grace Southwick
1879–1901
Eugene Southwick
1880–1881
Fred Southwick
1882–1901
George Leonard Southwick
1883–1960
Hazel May Southwick
1886–1901
Archie Ray Southwick
1886–1929
Alice Maude Southwick
1888–1932
Ernest Barzallia Southwick
1890–1960
Joseph Vernal Southwick
1892–1949
James Venus Southwick
1894–1979
Sarah Pearl Southwick
1896–1965

Sources (59)

  • Mary A Empey Southwick in household of Samuel Southwick, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Mary Ann Southwick, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Mary A Southwick, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

World Events (8)

1854 · The Crimean War

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

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (London): variant of Impey .

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

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Story Highlight

Mary Anne Empey Southwick memorial from Find a Grave website

DATE: 21 APR. 1919 SOURCE: Daily Telegram ABSTRACT: Known as "Annie." Died at her home, 228 Magnolia Ave. A native of England, she came to Long Beach two and one-half years ago from Idaho Falls. Survi …

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