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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Historical Boundaries: 1853: Alameda, California, United States
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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.
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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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