Brief Life History of Lucy Maria
When Lucy Maria Canfield was born on 7 November 1847, in Allegany, New York, United States, her father, Isaac Augustus Canfield, was 28 and her mother, Paulina Melissa Smith, was 22. She married John Willard Young on 16 February 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Ossian, Ossian, Livingston, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 16 May 1915, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- Lucy M. Sabin in household of A. W. Sabin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Lucy Margetts, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Lucy Canfield in entry for Annie Sabine Fitzpatrick, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1859
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Moroni Lee BIRTH 11 Jul 1859 Cass County, Iowa, USA DEATH 15 Jul 1859 (aged 4 days) Cass County, Iowa, USA BURIAL Preston Cemetery Preston, Franklin County, Idaho, USA MEMORIAL ID 111292460
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.
in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lucy's Daily Journal
Lucy kept a daily journal of her trip across the plains in 1862. The journal is on microfilm at the LDS Church Archives, MS1850. The original journal is among the records of the Daughters of Utah Pio …
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