Susannah Jolley

Brief Life History of Susannah

When Susannah Jolley was born on 1 April 1849, in Thornley, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Jolley, Jr., was 23 and her mother, Susannah Carter, was 22. She married Ralph Smith on 30 March 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Chilton, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Greenville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 12 August 1928, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Smith
1835–1914
Susannah Jolley
1849–1928
Marriage: 30 March 1867

Sources (21)

  • Susanah Smith in household of Ralph Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
  • England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage

    • World Events (8)

    1859 · Logan is Founded

    "\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Jolly .

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

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    Christmas was only a week away. There were still toys to make, clothes to knit, and Christmas tree strings to thread. Some of the women still had food to gather and put into boxes for those who were …

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