When Nancy Lydia Aldridge was born on 10 November 1831, in Jackson, Missouri, United States, her father, William Aldridge III, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Van Blaricum, was 22. She married John Smith Harris on 4 April 1850, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 11 February 1891, in Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States.
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"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
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.
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
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from the Middle English personal names Alrich or Elrich and Aldrich or Eldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’.
habitational name from Aldridge (Staffordshire), Aldridge Grove in Hampden (Buckinghamshire), or from a similarly named unidentified place in the West Midlands, recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJohn Smith Harris was born in Bono, Indiana, December 7, 1828, the son of Moses Harris and Fanny Smith Harris. Their family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in 1846, they cr …
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