Brief Life History of Olive Amelia
When Olive Amelia Whittle was born on 14 December 1833, in Mersea Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas Levi Whittle, was 21 and her mother, Mary Amelia Polly Fulmer, was 16. She married Aroet Lucius Little Hale on 15 September 1849, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 14 September 1860, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Olive Hale in household of Aroet L Hale, "United States Census, 1850"
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Olive Amelia Whittle Hale, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whittle (Lancashire, Northumberland), Whittle le Woods (Lancashire), or a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) white hill’, from Middle English whit(te) ‘white’ + hil(le) ‘hill’. Alternatively, a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) clear spring or stream’, from Middle English whit(te) + wel(la), wel(l)e ‘spring, stream’. Occasionally, this name may have been confused with Whitehall .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A Biography of Olive Whittle Hale
A BIOGRAPHY OF OLIVE WHITTLE HALE Olive Whittle was the first child of Thomas Levi Whittle and Mary Amelia Fulmer. Olive was born 9 Dec 1833 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her parents were both b …
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