Moroni Brandon

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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Family Time Line

George Washington Brandon
1809–1849
Keziah Fowler
1815–1899
Thomas Jefferson Brandon
1832–1916
David L. Brandon
1833–
Elizabeth Jane Brandon
1837–1897
John H Brandon
1837–1870
Wilford Woodruff Brandon
1839–1900
Mary Caroline Brandon
1839–1898
Martha Frances Brandon
1842–1922
Rebecca Ann Brandon
1844–1940
Evaline Melissa Brandon
1846–1922
Abigail Dinah Brandon
1848–1913
Moroni Brandon
1849–1908

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

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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