Giuseppe Efisio Taranto

Brief Life History of Giuseppe Efisio

When Giuseppe Efisio Taranto was born on 25 June 1818, in Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, his father, Francesco Matteo Antonio Taranto, was 36 and his mother, Angela Maria Fazio, was 28. He married Eleanor Jones in 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 6 July 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Giuseppe Efisio Taranto
1818–1883
Eleanor Jones
1824–1900
Marriage: 1853
Joseph Brigham Toronto
1854–1933
Frank Young Toronto
1856–1883
Ellen or Eleanor Toronto
1861–1865
Jonathan Jones Toronto
1865–1951

Sources (66)

  • Joseph Toronto, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph Toronto, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
  • Joseph Toronto, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820

Small revolutions in the kingdoms. Venice, Rome and Tuscany declare themselves Republics.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Gaetano, Sal, Salvatore, Gasper, Bartolomeo, Carmela, Domenica, Giuseppe, Luciano, Vincenza, Vincenzo.

Italian and Jewish (from the Ottoman Empire): habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum, from Greek Taras). Compare Toronto .

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

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Fielding Garr: Homestead and Ranch

Written by Alice May Cutler, 1991 GARR HOMESTEAD AND RANCH The Last Two Years, 1853-55 The earliest known description of the Garr Ranch was recorded by Peter O. Hansen in his journal in 1 …

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