Brief Life History of Mary Janet
When Mary Janet Whipple was born on 14 February 1849, in Springville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Nelson Wheeler Whipple, was 30 and her mother, Susan Jane Bailey, was 20. She married Albert Christopher Conley on 20 March 1867, in Henderson Grove, Knox, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Madison, Montana, United States for about 10 years and Lima, Beaverhead, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 19 November 1922, in Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lima Cemetery, Lima, Beaverhead, Montana, United States.
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- Mary Whipple in household of Nelson Wheeler Whipple, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Mary Jane Maynard, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Mary Janet Whipple Wadams, "Find A Grave Index"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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: perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded diminutive of Middle English w(h)ippe ‘scourge, whip’, possibly contained in Middle English whippel-tre, a type of dogwood or cornus. For possible applications as a nickname see Whipp . Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded diminutive of the Middle English personal name Wippe (see Whipp ).
History: Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, c. 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A John Whipple was one of the first settlers in Providence, RI.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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