Brief Life History of Lorenzo
When Lorenzo Snow was born on 3 April 1814, in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Oliver Snow III, was 38 and his mother, Rosetta Leonora Pettibone, was 35. He married Mary Adaline Goddard on 17 January 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 10 October 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- 1850 UT - Lorenzo Snow, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lorenzo Snow, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
- Lorenzo L Snow, "Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015"
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1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with snow‐white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Middle English snou, snow ‘snow’ (Old English snaw).
American shortened and altered (translated into English) form of any of the Jewish artificial names composed with German Schnee, Schnei, Schneu ‘snow’ as the first element, e.g. Schneeberg .
Americanized form of French Canadian Chenard , reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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