Brief Life History of Moroni
When Moroni Brandon was born on 27 December 1849, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, George Washington Brandon, was 40 and his mother, Keziah Fowler, was 34. He died in 1908, at the age of 59.
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Sources (5)
- Maroni Brandon in household of Keziah Brandon, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Moroni Brandon - Census record: birth: 1847; Utah, United States
- Moroni Brandon - Pioneer Overland Travel
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World Events (8)
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).
French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF MORONI BRANDON
Moroni Brandon was born on 27 December 1849 to George Washington and Keziah Fowler Brandon. He was born almost seven months after his father died. His father was baptized by Wilford Woodruf …
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