Vilate Ellen Douglass

Brief Life History of Vilate Ellen

When Vilate Ellen Douglass was born on 19 November 1840, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Douglass, was 38 and her mother, Ellen Briggs, was 34. She married George Romney on 26 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 December 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Romney
1831–1920
Vilate Ellen Douglass
1840–1917
Marriage: 26 February 1857
Heber John Romney
1858–1928
Orson Douglas Romney
1860–1941
Miles Alonzo Romney Sr
1862–1923
Ellen Vilate Romney
1864–1950
George Douglas Romney
1867–1869
Mary Ann Romney
1869–1962
Albert Romney
1872–1900
Isabella Gertrude Romney
1874–1914
Roselle Alice Romney
1877–1915
Richard Royal Romney
1879–1922
Josephine May Romney
1882–1882
Ethel Romney
1883–1888

Sources (86)

  • Vallet Romney in household of George Romney, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Vilate Ellen Romney, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Vilate Ellen Romney, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

Scottish and English (Durham and Northumbria): variant of Douglas .

History: William Douglass, a physician recognized for his identification and description of an epidemic of scarlet fever, was born c. 1691 in Gifford, Haddington County, Scotland, and settled in Boston in 1718. The abolitionist, orator, and journalist Frederick Douglass assumed the name after escaping from slavery in 1838 and traveling to Massachusetts. Son of a white father and a slave with some Indian blood, he was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey c. 1817 in Tuckahoe, MD.

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

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