Brief Life History of Lillias Thomson
When Lillias Thomson Lyon was born on 22 August 1836, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Lyon, was 33 and her mother, Jannett Thomson, was 27. She married Lucius Nelson Scovil on 8 November 1847. She lived in Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. She died on 6 December 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lillies Lyon, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Lillias Thompson Staines, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and French: from the personal name Middle English Lyon, Old French Leon (from Latin leo ‘lion’, or the cognate Greek leōn; see Leon ). Compare Lyall .
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. It is unlikely to be from the better-known southern French city of Lyon (see 5 below).
English and French: nickname from Middle English lioun ‘lion’ (Old English, Latin leo), Old French leon, perhaps applied to a brave, fierce, or proud person, or one with a shaggy mane of hair. Compare Lion .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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