Athalia Elizabeth Grant

17 July 1836–8 May 1907 (Age 70)
Naples, Ontario, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Athalia Elizabeth

When Athalia Elizabeth Grant was born on 17 July 1836, in Naples, Naples, Ontario, New York, United States, her father, George Davis Grant, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Wilson, was 20. She married Joseph Angell Young on 18 December 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 8 May 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Angell Young
1834–1875
Athalia Elizabeth Grant
1836–1907
Marriage: 18 December 1856

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 December 1856Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 10
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1850
    Age 14
    Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
    1857 · Bountiful Tabernacle Groundbreaking
    Age 21
    The groundbreaking of the Bountiful Tabernacle began with the dedicatory prayer given by Lorenzo Snow on a cold February morning in 1857. The building was designed by Augustus Farnham.

    Name Meaning

    Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Graney
    Grand
    Grande
    General

    Sources (9)

    • Thalia Grant in household of George D Grant, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Thalia Grant Orahood, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Athalia Grant in household of Geo D Grant, "United States Census, 1860"

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