Thomas Moroni Tarbet

16 May 1845–14 April 1905 (Age 59)
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Thomas Moroni

When Thomas Moroni Tarbet was born on 16 May 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Tarbet, was 32 and his mother, Eleanor Kelly, was 26. He married Sarah Jane Apperley on 17 October 1870. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. In 1870, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as laborer. He died on 14 April 1905, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Moroni Tarbet
1845–1905
Sarah Jane Apperley
1851–1929
Marriage: 17 October 1870
Thomas Albert Tarbet
1871–1940
William Moroni Tarbet
1874–1951
Loyal Tarbet
1879–1961
Sarah Inez Tarbet
1886–1965

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 October 1870
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 1
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
    Age 1
    On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
    1863
    Age 18
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: habitational name from one or more places called with Gaelic tairbeart ‘narrow isthmus, portage’, such as Tarbat (Ross and Cromarty).English (Lancashire): variant of Torbet .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Torbet
    Tarbert

    Sources (19)

    • Thomas Tarbet, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
    • Thomas M Farber, "United States Census, 1900"
    • <Blank> >Blank in entry for Loyal Tarbet and Rosa McKenzie, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"

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