Grace McIntyre

Brief Life History of Grace

When Grace McIntyre was born on 10 October 1825, in Millport, Buteshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Peter McIntyre, was 35 and her mother, Agnes McCall, was 34. She married Benjamin Clegg on 17 December 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 21 November 1904, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Clegg
1826–1908
Grace McIntyre
1825–1904
Marriage: 17 December 1853
Elizabeth Mary Clegg
1854–1927
Benjamin Clegg Jr
1857–1935
Peter McIntyre Clegg
1859–1945
Agnes Clegg
1861–1862
Grace Lillious Clegg
1864–1951

Sources (48)

  • Grace Claig, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Grace Clegg, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1845

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Joshua Breckon BIRTH 24 Apr 1804 DEATH 1845 (aged 40–41) BURIAL Tooele City Cemetery Tooele, Tooele County, Utah, USA Show Map PLOT Section 1 MEMORIAL ID 208591655

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an tSaoir ‘son of the craftsman’. Compare Irish McAteer .

History: This is the name of a Scottish clan which, according to clan lore, is descended from Maurice MacNeil, a nephew of Somhairle (English: Sorley or Somerled), King of the Isles (died 1164).

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

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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN CLEGG

The following is a sketch of the life of Benjamin Clegg given by his daughter Elizabeth Mary Clegg Brown before the Seventeenth Chapter of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, at their meeting held M …

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