Brief Life History of Stephen
When Stephen Falkner was born in 1841, in Meaghers Grant, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, James Faulkner, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Dunbrack, was 23. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1855. He died on 7 July 1855, in Seward, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 14.
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- Stephen Faulkner, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Pioneer Overland Travel - Pioneer Detail
- Pioneer Overland Travel - Stephen Faulkner
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World Events (4)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Self-Governing
In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a falconer, Middle High German valkenaere. In medieval times falconry was a sport practised only by the nobility; it was the task of the falconer to look after the birds and train young ones.
English: variant of Faulkner .
History: Daniel Falckner (1666–c. 1745), German Lutheran pastor and agent for the Frankfurt Land Company, founded the first German Lutheran congregation in America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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4 Faulkner Brothers
Stephen, James, John, and Burke were four of the seven children of James and Mary Ann Dunbrack Faulkner, who joined the Church in Mars Grant, Nova Scotia, Canada. The parents were baptized members of …
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