When Alice Augusta Graham was born about 1849, in Missouri, United States, her father, James Graham, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Thompson, was 40. She married John Henry Mitchell about 1863, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Newcastle, Placer, California, United States in 1910 and San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States for about 10 years. In 1880, at the age of 32, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 29 June 1934, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Newcastle Cemetery, Newcastle, Placer, California, United States.
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On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
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