Brief Life History of Caroline Rosalia
When Caroline Rosalia Thurston was born on 3 January 1843, in New Haven, Huron, Ohio, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Thurston, was 37 and her mother, Rosetta Bull, was 33. She married John James Fry on 15 October 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 28 January 1912, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- C R Fry, "United States Census, 1910"
- Caroline Rosalie Fry, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Caroline R Thurstin, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (mainly East Anglia):
from the Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Scandinavian, and Middle English personal name Thurstan, Thorsten (Old Norse Thórsteinn, Thorsten, Anglicized as Old English Thurstān; see Thorstensen ).
habitational name from Thurston in Suffolk, so called from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Thóri (see Thor ) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Caroline Rosalia Thurston Fry (1844-1912)
CAROLINE ROSALIA THURSTON FRY (1844-1912) A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY JEANINE FRY RICKETTS, FEBRUARY 2, 1987 The Deseret Newspaper in Salt Lake City on the 29th of January 191 …
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