When Lavina or Maria Houtz was born about 1842, in Illinois, United States, her father, John Christian Houtz, was 38 and her mother, Susannah Pawling, was 32. She died in 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 1.
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The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
Americanized form of German Hautz .
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