Lydia Dunford

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Dunford was born on 2 July 1846, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George James Dunford, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Jones, was 21. She married George Alfred Alder on 8 April 1864, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 1 March 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Alfred Alder
1843–1898
Lydia Dunford
1846–1923
Marriage: 8 April 1864
Helen Eugenia Alder
1865–1883
George Dunford Alder
1866–1929
Florence Lydia Alder
1868–1949
Nettie Sarah Alder
1870–1890
George Alfred Alder Jr
1874–1940
Franklin John Alder
1877–1879
Walter Herbert Alder
1880–1937
Sidney Dunford Alder
1882–1960
Lucille Dunford Alder
1885–1885
Mae Clara Alder
1886–1961

Sources (65)

  • Lidia Alder in household of George Alder, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lydia Alder, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Lydia D Alder, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

habitational name from Dunford Bridge, in Thurlstone (Yorkshire), so called from the river Don (a British name possibly meaning ‘river’) + Old English ford ‘ford’, or from Dunford House in Methley (Yorkshire), named in Old English as ‘Dunn's ford’ (see Dunn 2).

variant of Durnford, a habitational name from Durnford in Wiltshire, arising from Old English dierne + ford ‘hidden ford’. Alternatively, the name may perhaps arise from Dunford, alias Durnford, in Addlestone (Surrey).

English:

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

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Band of Sisters

March of 1883 was one of the most difficult of Lydia Dunford Alder’s life. On the sixth of that month, her oldest child and oldest daughter, Helen Eugenia Alder, died of what the newspapers called “ …

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