Brief Life History of Lucretia
When Lucretia Ball was born on 13 November 1800, in Bethany, Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Timothy Ball, was 48 and her mother, Abigail Hitchcock, was 47. She married Lyman Thorp in 1818, in North East Village, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in North East Village, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 11 September 1888, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Lucretia Thorpe, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lucretia Thorp, "Find a Grave Index"
- Lucretia Ball in entry for Lucretia B Farr, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1802 · Brass is Discovered
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bal, ball(e) ‘ball, sphere, globe, round body’ (Old French balle or Old English beall(a)), a nickname for a short, obese person.
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le) as in 1 above, but applied topographically.
English: from a Middle English adjective ball (weak form balle) in the sense ‘bald’, from ball ‘white streak, bald place’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mormon Pioneer
Lucretia was a member of the James Brown Company departing Mo. June of 1854. She is buried in the Ogden Cemetery.
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