Brief Life History of Amasa Mason
When Amasa Mason Lyman was born on 30 March 1813, in Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Roswell Lyman, was 29 and his mother, Martha Mason, was 26. He married Louisa Maria Tanner on 10 June 1835, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Bradford St James, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. In 1843, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as counselor to first presidency (lds)\nauvoo, hancock, illinois. He died on 4 February 1877, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Amosa M Lymon in household of Owen W Taylor, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Amasy M. Lyman, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Amasa Mason Lyman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ).
Swedish: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra, Lydinge, and Lynäs).
Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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