Brief Life History of Luna Caroline
When Luna Caroline Young was born on 1 August 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Brigham Young, was 41 and her mother, Mary Ann Angell, was 39. She married George Washington Thatcher on 4 April 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 17 November 1922, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Eunice Young in household of Brigham Young, "United States Census, 1850"
- Luna Young Thatcher, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Luna Y Thatcher in entry for President Brigham Young, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong), used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar, notably German Jung , Dutch Jong and De Jong , and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse .
Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’, or a habitational name from a placename containing this word, e.g. Ljungby.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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