Isabella Muir

15 August 1837–7 December 1903 (Age 66)
Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Isabella

When Isabella Muir was born on 15 August 1837, in Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Muir, was 44 and her mother, Mary Ann Murray, was 44. She married James Dock Shanks on 21 October 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 7 December 1903, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Dock Shanks
1833–1921
Isabella Muir
1837–1903
Marriage: 21 October 1855
Mary Elizabeth Shanks
1856–1934
Isabella Shanks
1859–1861
James Shanks Jr
1861–1911
William Shanks
1863–1930
Marion Shanks
1865–1953
Elizabeth Shanks
1867–1945
John Muir Shanks
1869–1947
Archibald Shanks
1872–
Margaret Shanks
1874–1957
George Alexander Shanks
1878–1948
Josephine Shanks
1881–1965

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 October 1855Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 6
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1848
    Age 11
    Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
    1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
    Age 20
    The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ (an expanse of bare, wild upland country). There has been some confusion with Mure .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Mure

    Story Highlight

    Biography from the book “How Beautiful Upon the Mountains” Wasatch County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers

    My Great Great Grandpa Turner became very close friends with William Lindsay naming his 1st living son after him!

    Sources (44)

    • Isabel Shanks in household of James Shanks, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Isabella Muir in entry for Isabella Shanks, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
    • Isabella Shanks in household of James Shanks, "United States Census, 1880"

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