Lucy Caroline Clayton

Brief Life History of Lucy Caroline

When Lucy Caroline Clayton was born on 21 March 1820, in Farington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Clayton VIII, was 28 and her mother, Ann Critchley, was 26. She married Thomas Bullock on 23 January 1846, in Nauvoo Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 16 April 1879, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Bullock
1816–1885
Lucy Caroline Clayton
1820–1879
Marriage: 23 January 1846
Mary Ann Bullock
1851–1851
Joseph Hyrum Bullock
1852–1924
Sarah Jane Bullock
1853–1937
Flora Eve Bullock
1856–1938
Lucy Caroline Bullock
1859–1930
Heber John Bullock
1861–1914

Sources (80)

  • Lucy Caroline Bulloch, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Luci Caroline Clayton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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