Brief Life History of John Alvin
When John Alvin Laughlin was born on 7 March 1852, in Iowa, United States, his father, David Saunders Laughlin, was 35 and his mother, Julia Ann Bercier, was 23. He lived in Cedar, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 17 July 1863, in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 11, and was buried in Cedar Fort Cemetery, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Jno S S [Blank] in household of Julia A [Blank], "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Alvin Laughlin - Church record: birth-name: John Sanders Laughlin
- John Alvin Laughlin, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (4)
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cedar, Utah Territory, United States* *Became extinct in 1862
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lochlainn ‘descendant of Lochlann’, a personal name meaning ‘stranger’, originally a term denoting Scandinavia (a compound of loch ‘lake, fjord’ + lann ‘land’). Many Irish bearers of the name claim descent from Lochlann, a 10th century lord of Corcomroe, County Clare.
Scottish: from Scottish Gaelic Mac Lachlainn ‘son of Lachlann’, from the personal name Lachlann, earlier Lochlann (as in 1 above). See also McLachlan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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