Helen Melvina Groesbeck

Brief Life History of Helen Melvina

When Helen Melvina Groesbeck was born on 7 February 1852, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, her father, Nicholas Groesbeck, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Thompson, was 31. She married John Hamilton Morgan on 24 October 1868. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 15 June 1930, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hamilton Morgan
1842–1894
Helen Melvina Groesbeck
1852–1930
Marriage: 24 October 1868
Helen Melvina Morgan
1870–1952
Elizabeth Morgan
1872–1874
Eliza Ann Morgan
1874–1952
Ruth Morgan
1878–1949
John Morgan
1881–1881
Flora Groesbeck Morgan
1882–1885
Nicholas Groesbeck Morgan Sr.
1884–1971
Gail Morgan
1888–1984
Bessie Morgan
1891–1938
Gerard Earl Morgan
1892–1957
John Hamilton Morgan II
1894–1982

Sources (59)

  • Hellen Morgan in household of John Morgan, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Helen Melvina Groesbeck - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Helen Melvina Groesbeck
  • Helen M Morgan, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"

World Events (8)

1853

Historical Boundaries: 1853: Alameda, California, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Dutch: habitational name from Groesbeek, south of Nijmegen.

History: The name is recorded in Beverwyck in New Netherland (now Albany, NY)in the mid 17th century.

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

Story Highlight

History of Helen Melvina "Mellie" Groesbeck Morgan by her granddaughter Bessie Lynne Frazier Sanborn, 2012

Helen Melvina Groesbeck Morgan was the oldest daughter, and sixth child, born to Nicholas and Elizabeth Thompson Groesbeck . Mellie, as her father called her, was born in Springfield, Illinois on Feb …

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