Percia Cornelia Grover

Brief Life History of Percia Cornelia

When Percia Cornelia Grover was born on 27 December 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Grover, was 35 and her mother, Caroline Eliza Nickerson, was 34. She married Stephen Ithamer Bunnell on 19 September 1856, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 2 February 1924, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Ithamer Bunnell
1834–1925
Percia Cornelia Grover
1842–1924
Marriage: 19 September 1856
Stephen Ithamer Bunnell Jr
1858–1911
David Conrad Bunnell
1860–1860
Thomas William Bunnell
1861–1870
Samuel Emery Bunnell
1864–1929
Percia Emma Bunnell
1866–1866
Charles Albert Bunnell
1867–1868
Leslie Lamond Bunnell
1869–1949
Fredrick Edwin Bunnell
1871–1911
Parley Pratt Bunnell
1874–1877
Caroline Melissa Bunnell
1876–1961
Arthur Wilford Bunnell
1879–1898
Vernie Lorenzo Bunnell
1882–1947

Sources (59)

  • Percia Bunnel in household of Stephen Bunnel, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Percia Grover, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.

North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.

Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .

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

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Percia Cornelia Grover

History of Percia Cornelia Grover – wife of Stephen Ithamer Bunnell and daughter of Caroline Eliza Nickerson: Percia Cornelia Grover was the first child born to Thomas Grover and Caroline Eliza Nicker …

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