Brief Life History of Sarah Marinda
When Sarah Marinda Garn was born on 2 March 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel Garn, was 43 and her mother, Margaret Moses, was 39. She married Henry Pauling Houtz on 25 October 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Oneida, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 June 1918, in Rockland, Power, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Rockland, Power, Idaho, United States.
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- Sarah Carn in household of Daniel Carn, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Marinda Garn Houtz, "Find A Grave Index"
- Marinda Garn in entry for Karl D Houtz, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (western): from a lost place called Garn in Westbury on Severn (Gloucestershire).
English: perhaps a shortened form of the Old French personal name Geron, the oblique case form of Garo, a pet form of ancient Germanic names in Ger- (see Gerald , Gerard , Garbutt ). A shortened form Gern would have given rise to a variant pronunciation Garn in late Middle English.
English: perhaps a shortened form of Garron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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