Helen Eugenia Alder

Brief Life History of Helen Eugenia

When Helen Eugenia Alder was born on 17 January 1865, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, George Alfred Alder, was 21 and her mother, Lydia Dunford, was 18. She married Feramorz Little Young about 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 6 March 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Feramorz Little Young
1867–1941
Helen Eugenia Alder
1865–1883
Marriage: about 1883

Sources (12)

  • Hellin Alder in household of George Alder, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Helen E Alder, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • H Jenn Alder, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree or by a group of alders, from Middle English al(d)re, alder.

German: variant of Alter .

German: status name for a senior, from Middle High German althērre ‘(respected) older gentleman’.

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

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Band of Sisters

March of 1883 was one of the most difficult of Lydia Dunford Alder’s life. On the sixth of that month, her oldest child and oldest daughter, Helen Eugenia Alder, died of what the newspapers called “ …

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