Brief Life History of Lora Ann
When Lora Ann DeMill was born on 2 June 1828, in Colesville, Broome, New York, United States, her father, Freeborn DeMill, was 33 and her mother, Anna Knight, was 24. She married Samuel Kendall Gifford on 1 October 1848, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 6 April 1870, in Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Shunesburg Cemetery, Shunesburg, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- 1860 United States Census for Lora Ann DeMill Gifford in household of Samuel Kendall Gifford
- 1828 New York LDS Membership Birth of Lora Ann DeMill daughter of Freeborn DeMill & Anna Knight
- 1948 Iowa Marriage of Samuel Kendall Gifford & Lora Ann DeMill (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society), 1 October 1848
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Flemish: Frenchified (or Americanized) form of De Mil or Demil, a variant of De Mul, an occupational name for a miller, from a short form of mulder ‘miller’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Oliver DeMill Gifford, Sr.
OLIVER DEMILL GIFFORD, SR. Born 10 December 1854 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, Oliver DeMill Gifford was the …
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