Brief Life History of Celestia Ann
When Celestia Ann Farr was born on 3 January 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Aaron Freeman Farr, was 26 and her mother, Persis Atherton, was 24. She married Moses Thatcher on 7 April 1861, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Iron City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 21 June 1921, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Letitia F Thatcher, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lettie Jane Farr Thatcher 1921 death, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Celestia Farr in entry for Lettie Veda Thatcher Squires, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
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.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fear(r), farre (Old English fearr) ‘steer, ox’, applied as a nickname for a fierce man or a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a bull.
German: nickname from Middle High German varne, var, with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lettie Ann Farr Thatcher Find A Grave Memorial# 24089308
Lettie Ann Farr Thatcher Birth: Jan. 3, 1845 Nauvoo Hancock County Illinois, USA Death: Jun. 21, 1921 Logan Cache County Utah, USA Daughter of Aaron Freeman Farr and Persis Atherton Married Moses …
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