Martha Jane Galloway

Brief Life History of Martha Jane

When Martha Jane Galloway was born on 29 December 1845, in New Wilmington, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alexander Galloway, was 40 and her mother, Mary Ann Neal, was 35. She married Charles William Simmons on 10 June 1873, in Jackson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 18 September 1923, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles William Simmons
1837–1917
Martha Jane Galloway
1845–1923
Marriage: 10 June 1873
Mary Belle Simmons
1877–1956
Edith Simmons
1879–1906
Charles Lowry Simmons
1887–1975

Sources (22)

  • Martha Galloway in household of Alexander Galloway, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mattie J. Galloway, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Martha J. Galloway Simmons, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

The oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from Galloway in southwest Scotland, named as ‘place of the foreign Gaels’, from Gaelic gall ‘foreigner’ + Gaidheal ‘Gael’. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria. In the 9th century it was settled by mixed Gaelic-Norse inhabitants from the Hebrides and Isle of Man.

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

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