Brief Life History of Lydia Ann
When Lydia Ann Nelson was born on 12 December 1856, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, her father, Price Williams Nelson, was 34 and her mother, Lydia Ann Lake, was 24. She married David Brinkerhoff on 25 October 1876, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1930 and Supervisorial District 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 2 October 1944, in Oraibi, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Woodruff Cemetery, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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- Lydia Ann Brinkerhoff, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lydia Ann Nelson - birth: 12 December 1856; San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
- Lydia Ann Brinkerhof, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"
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1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
1864
Historical Boundaries: 1864: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Kane, Utah, United States
1880 · The First Adobe Structure is Built by Settlers
The first structure built by settlers was a one room adobe store which was also used as a school classroom and church building.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiography of Lydia Ann Nelson Brinkerhoff (retyped)
Autobiography of Lydia Ann Nelson Brinkerhoff Age 83 (as told to her son Joseph) My father, Price William Nelson, and my mother, Lydia Ann Lake Nelson, came across the Plains in 1849. They were marri …
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