Brief Life History of Joseph Moroni
When Joseph Moroni Wight was born on 18 June 1844, in Hume, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Lewis William Wight, was 37 and his mother, Nancy Urania Elliott, was 35. He married Mary Reeder Hurren on 5 October 1864, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911. He died on 22 October 1914, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cardston Cemetery, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Joseph M Wright in household of Louis Wright, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph Moroni Wight, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Joseph Moroni Wight, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wiht, wight ‘agile, nimble, strong, brave’ (Old Norse víg with the Old Norse neuter suffix -t, for which compare the word scant), or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht. Possibly sometimes a nickname from Middle English wight ‘living creature; small portion or thing’, or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht.
English: habitational name from the Isle of Wight. The island is recorded as Vectis (its Latin name) c. 150 AD . Its name derives from a British word, perhaps related to Welsh gwaith ‘turn, course’, meaning ‘place of the division’, in reference to the island's position in the Solent.
English and Scottish: variant of White .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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