Brief Life History of Helen
When Helen Cravath was born on 7 October 1835, in Wethersfield, Wyoming, New York, United States, her father, Austin Cravath, was 29 and her mother, Eliza Doty, was 27. She married William Neeley on 19 September 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 7 September 1889, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Hellen Neily in household of William Neily, "United States Census, 1870"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Wyoming, New York, United States
1851 · Brigham City is Settled
In 1851, Brigham City is settled and named after Brigham Young.
Name Meaning
vernacular form of the name (Greek Hēlēnē) borne in classical legend by a famous beauty, wife of Menelaus, whose seizure by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Her name is of uncertain origin; it may be connected with a word meaning ‘ray’ or ‘sunbeam’ compare Greek hēlios ‘sun’. It has sometimes been taken as connected with the Greek word meaning ‘Greek’, Hellēn, but this is doubtful. In the early Christian period the name was borne by the mother of the Emperor Constantine, who is now usually known by the Latin version of her name, Helena. She is credited with having found the True Cross in Jerusalem. She was born in about 248 , probably in Bithynia. However, in medieval England it was believed that she had been born in Britain, which greatly increased the popularity of the name there.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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Sketch of the Life of HELEN CRAVATH NEELEY
Helen Cravath Neeley, the second child of Austin and Eliza Doty Cravath, was born at Wethersfield, Wyoming County, New York on October 7, 1835. She had an older brother, Rudolphus, and two younger si …
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