When Mary Jane Aland was born on 30 October 1838, in Batheaston, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Sparrow Aland, was 35 and her mother, Ellen Sarah Harding, was 27. She married William Seely Lish on 2 July 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1854 and lived in Analy Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1870 and Redwood Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 October 1925, in Guerneville, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Redwood Memorial Gardens, Guerneville, Sonoma, California, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scandinavian (Åland): topographic name from the Åland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia.
English: topographic name from Middle English atte lande (Old French laund) ‘dweller at the glade or pasture’, or sometimes perhaps, ‘dweller at the old cultivated land(s)’ from Old English eald, ald ‘old’ + land ‘land’.
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