Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Jones was born on 2 January 1811, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonathan Jones, was 33 and her mother, Esther Heath Fisher, was 35. She married Robert Raper in February 1836, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 6 October 1898, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Esther Brown in household of James Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- Esther Brown - Pioneer Overland Travel [birth]
- Esther Jones (as Esther Raper), A Record of Marriages in the City of Nauvoo, Illinois
Spouse and Children
1801–1863 Male
1811–1898 Female
Children (5)
1843–1843 Male
1843–1843 Female
1844–1845 Male
1847–1865 Female
1849–1893 Female
Parents and Siblings
1777– Male
1775–1837 Female
Siblings (13)
1797– Male
1799–1830 Female
1800–1870 Male
1802–1880 Male
1802–1839 Female
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World Events (8)
1812
Age 1
1827
Age 16
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 25
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Esther Jones Roper (Raper) Brown (17 January 1811 – 6 October 1898)
"Grandma" Raper Dead, known all over Salt Lake and Ogden as "Grandma Raper," died at her home, 2823 Washington Ave., the residence of W. F. Critchlow, at 2:30 this morning. Her death was caused by old …
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