Brief Life History of George
When George Leavitt was born on 29 August 1828, in Sherbrooke, La Région-Sherbrookoise, Quebec, Canada, his father, Weare Leavitt, was 43 and his mother, Phoebe Cowles, was 32. He married Janette Brinkerhoff on 29 August 1852. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and West Point, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 52, his occupation is listed as farmer in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States. He died on 23 January 1889, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- George Leavitt, "United States Census, 1870"
- Marriage sealing record for George Leavitt and Sarah Angeline Porter
- George Leavitt, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Name Meaning
English:
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A GLIMPSE AT THE LIFE OF PHOEBE COWLES LEAVITT
Birth and Marriage Phoebe was born on July 26, 1796 in Claremont, New Hampshire to Phineas and Catharine Stone Cowles. Phoebe’s father, Phineas, was not quite sixteen years of age when he enliste …
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