Laura Lucinda Reed

Brief Life History of Laura Lucinda

When Laura Lucinda Reed was born on 22 May 1829, in Rome, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, John Reed, was 45 and her mother, Rebecca Bearse, was 43. She married Amasa Mason Lyman on 28 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She lived in Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 22 November 1903, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Joseph Steed III
1826–1910
Laura Lucinda Reed
1829–1903
Marriage: 13 December 1846
John Steed
1847–1847
Thomas Steed
1849–1852
Charlotte Steed
1849–1849
George Henry Steed
1850–1921
Thomas Joseph Steed Jr.
1852–1921
Laura Lucinda Steed
1854–1855
Arthur Albert Steed
1856–1933
Walter William Steed
1858–1940
Laura Lovina Steed
1860–1924
Fanny Louisa Steed
1862–1946
Ira Edwin Steed
1864–1942
Charles Marco Steed
1865–1873
Alice Charlotte Steed
1867–1895
Franklin David Steed
1869–1915
Rosa Rebecca Steed
1871–1876
Lee Alonzo Steed
1874–1877

Sources (106)

  • Laura Steed in household of Thos Steed, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Laura Lucinda Reed, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy) Birth date 22 May 1829
  • Laura Reed and Thomas Stead - Iowa, County Marriage - 08 Dec 1846

World Events (8)

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.

1836

Historical Boundaries: 1836: Caldwell, Missouri, Unites States

1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple

On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.

English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .

English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Brigham Young's Favorite Doughnuts

Brigham Young's Favorite Doughnuts Brigham Young was Laura Steed's son-in-law. Whenever President Young was traveling in the area, he would send a note ahead letting the Steed's know when he would …

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