Relief Elinora Dutton Cram

Brief Life History of Relief Elinora Dutton

When Relief Elinora Dutton Cram was born on 17 January 1820, in Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Josiah Dutton Cram, was 39 and her mother, Deidemia Dutton, was 35. She married Millen Atwood on 20 April 1848, in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 50 years. She died on 4 October 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Millen Atwood
1817–1890
Relief Elinora Dutton Cram
1820–1909
Marriage: 20 April 1848
Relief Ellinora Cram Atwood
1849–1852
Abbie Angenette Atwood
1850–1926
Rosealia Ester Atwood
1858–1932
Millen Moroni Atwood
1863–1940
Joseph C Atwood
1867–1867

Sources (41)

  • Brief Atwood in household of Milton Atwood, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Relief Cram Atwood, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Relief Cram in entry for Millen M Atwood, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough

In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 

1846

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

Name Meaning

Scottish: shortened form of Crambie, a habitational name from Crambeth, the former name of Dowhill in Ballingry, in Kinross.

English: apparently a variant of Cramp with loss of -p.

Americanized form of German or Dutch Kram .

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

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