Brief Life History of Rhoda Maria
When Rhoda Maria Woods was born on 22 March 1822, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, her father, John Woods, was 39 and her mother, Frances J “Fannie” Saxton, was 34. She married Albert Carrington on 6 December 1838, in Iowa, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 1 August 1886, in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rhoda Carrington in household of Albert Carrington, "United States Census, 1880"
- Rhoda Maria Wood, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"
- Rhoda M Carrington, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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