Eunice Sweet

Brief Life History of Eunice

When Eunice Sweet was born on 27 October 1818, in Coeymans, Albany, New York, United States, her father, Benjamin William Sweet, was 40 and her mother, Hannah Stanton, was 40. She married Joseph Stacy Murdock on 26 June 1842, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 22 May 1872, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Stacy Murdock
1822–1899
Eunice Sweet
1818–1872
Marriage: 26 June 1842
Picket Albert Murdock
1841–1928
Pernetta Sweet Secenup
1842–1884

Sources (21)

  • Eunice Murdoch, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eunice Sweet - Church record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Eunice Sweet
  • Eunice Sweet Murdock, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.

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

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