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Maria Lay 1806–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 November 1806

Birth Location: Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 November 1889

Death Location: Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States

Father: Thomas I

Mother: Sarah Turner

Spouse(s): James Bowers

Children(s): David Lay, Isabella Bowers, Hezikiah Bowers, Abraham Bowers, Isaac Bowers, Jacob Bowers, Isaiah Bowers, Shadrach Bowers, Joseph Bowers, Hezekiah Bowers, Job Bowers, Sarah Bowers

Maria Lay was born in 1806 in Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Lay I And Sarah Maria Silles Turner. Maria Lay married James Bowers, and had children including Abraham Bowers, David Bowers Lay, Hezekiah Bowers, Hezikiah Bowers, Isaac Bowers, Isabella Bowers, Isaiah Bowers, Jacob Bowers, Job Lay Bowers, Joseph Bowers, Sarah Bowers, Shadrach Bowers. Maria Lay passed away in 1889 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Biography

  • Maria Lay was born in 1806 in Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Lay I And Sarah Maria Silles Turner.
  • Maria Lay married James Bowers, and had children including Abraham Bowers, David Bowers Lay, Hezekiah Bowers, Hezikiah Bowers, Isaac Bowers, Isabella Bowers, Isaiah Bowers, Jacob Bowers, Job Lay Bowers, Joseph Bowers, Sarah Bowers, Shadrach Bowers.
  • Maria Lay passed away in 1889 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Maria Lay's Ancestors

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Maria Lay
1806–1889
Birth Place: Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Lay I
1776–1872
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England
Sarah (Maria Silles) Turner
1781–
Dudley, Worcester, England
Grandparents
Edward Turner
1747–1789
Over Gornal Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Maria Lay's Descendants

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Maria Lay (5 November 1806–8 November 1889) m. James Bowers (27 January 1811–21 Jun 1856)
  1. 1. David (Bowers) Lay 1826–1887 m. Mary (Ann) Parsons 1830–1895
    1. 1. Joseph Lee 1853– m. Rhoda (Ann) Dingley 1848–1923
      1. 1. George (Henry) Lee 1888–1962 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Guest 1889–1978
        1. 1. Dorothy Lee 1911–2004 m. William (Stanley) Thomas 1914–1997
        2. 2. Elsie Lee 1909–1999 m. Alfred (W) Fenney 1906–
        3. 3. Annie Lee 1889–
        4. 4. Harold (W) Lee 1925–1933
        5. 5. Charles Lee 1894–
        6. 6. George Lee 1915–1980
        7. 7. Jack Lee 1913–2003
  2. 2. Isabella Bowers 1835–1905
  3. 3. Hezikiah Bowers 1838–
  4. 4. Abraham Bowers 1839–1911
  5. 5. Isaac Bowers 1841–1912
  6. 6. Jacob Bowers 1844–1934
  7. 7. Isaiah Bowers 1846–1926
  8. 8. Shadrach Bowers 1849–1902
  9. 9. Joseph Bowers 1836–1836
  10. 10. Hezekiah Bowers 1837–1872
  11. 11. Job (Lay) Bowers 1832–1843
  12. 12. Sarah Bowers 1837–1872

Maria Lay's Timeline

3 Records

1806
5 November 1806
Birth of Maria Lay in Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1831
1 April 1831
Age 25
Maria Lay was married in Tipton Church, Lantz of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Tipton Church, Lantz of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1889
8 November 1889
Age 83
Death of Maria Lay in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 November 1806
    Event Place: Dudley, Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2
    [2] Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 April 1831
    Event Place: Tipton Church, Lantz of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Tipton, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 November 1889
    Event Place: Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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