Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Flatt was born on 13 January 1853, in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jonathan Flatt, was 35 and her mother, Alethea Aldred, was 28. She married Robert Reeder on 15 April 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1868 and lived in Wissett, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 20 August 1914, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Hyde Park Cemetery, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Flatt in household of Mary Ann Aldred, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Ellen Flatt, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Ellen Flatt Reeder, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1854 · St. George's Hall
In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.
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 (mainly East Anglia): topographic name for someone who lived on a flat, a patch of level or low-lying ground, from Middle English flat ‘level ground, plain’ (Old Norse flatr).
South German: variant of Flath 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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