Brief Life History of Alvin Milton
When Alvin Milton Harding was born on 14 July 1816, in Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, his father, Caleb Harding, was 38 and his mother, Judith Bartlett Stearns, was 24. He married Violette Otis Chase on 2 July 1840, in Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 29 September 1869, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.
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- Alwin M Hardin, "United States Census, 1850"
- Alvin M Harding, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Alvin M Harding in entry for Helen Lauretta Milln, "Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952"
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1817
Find a Grave Memorials shows the earliest known burial in this cemetery was in 1817 which predates other resources. Burton L Rogers BIRTH unknown DEATH 1817 BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA PLOT 1st Addition MEMORIAL ID 96569684
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Harding (Old English Hearding, literally ‘the hard one’ a derivative of Old English heard ‘hard, harsh, strong, firm, brave’). The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, or a habitational name from a farm named Harding, of the same etymology.
History: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the US, was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father's side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Alvin Milton Harding, conversion and migration
Alvin Milton Harding and Violette Otis Chase were both born in Vermont. They married in 1840 in Vermont. They were early converts to the LDS Church. Their early baptism dates are not listed in nFS, …
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