Brief Life History 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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Sources (9)
- Thalia Grant in household of George D Grant, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thalia Grant Orahood, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Thalia Grant, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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