Brief Life History of Amelia Caroline
When Amelia Caroline Chapman was born on 20 March 1835, in Hubbardsville, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Welcome Chapman Sr., was 29 and her mother, Susan Amelia Risley, was 27. She married Jerome Bonapart Kempton about 1851, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 13 March 1923, in Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Amelia Kimpton, "United States Census, 1880"
- Amealia Kempton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Amelia Kimpton in entry for Mary Amelia, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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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.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chap(pe)man, chepman, Old English cēapmann, cēpemann, a compound of cēap ‘barter, bargain, price, property’ + mann ‘man’.
Jewish: adopted probably for a like-sounding or like-meaning name in some other European language; see for example Kaufman .
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Chapmen (sic) was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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