Charlotte Amelia Van Orden

Brief Life History of Charlotte Amelia

When Charlotte Amelia Van Orden was born on 13 January 1828, in Windham, Greene, New York, United States, her father, William Van Orden, was 23 and her mother, Julia Ann Haight, was 22. She married Ira Enos West on 12 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 13 September 1895, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Horton Peck
1806–1884
Charlotte Amelia Van Orden
1828–1895
Marriage: 2 December 1851
Arthur Van Orden Peck
1854–1939
Everett Van Orden Peck
1857–1945
David Horton Peck
1859–1924
Dorr Van Orden Peck
1861–1914
Charlotte Amelia Peck
1864–1943
Cyril Van Orden Peck
1866–1911
Heber Van Orden Peck
1870–1870

Sources (73)

  • ?Arlet [Sharlotte] Peck in household of Martin Peck, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charlotte A Seck, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Charlott A Van Orden, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.

Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.

Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.

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

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Story Highlight

Journal of History (RLDS) Vol. 10 1917pp. 168-201 INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MARY HELEN GRANT NOTE BY V.E.S.

The time nears when there will be none to remember the experiences, as they are witness, of the pioneers of America in the rough. The ox team, the pony express, the buffalo wallow, the wagon raft, th …

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