Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Walters was born on 24 March 1819, in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Walters, was 11816 and her mother, Elizabeth Elt, was 40. She married Joseph Southwick on 17 August 1846, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1849 and lived in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 23 June 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Southwick, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Walters, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Death of Mary Luce, Newspaper Clipping/Article
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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