Brief Life History of David
When David Garner Jr was born on 30 January 1818, in Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, his father, David Garner, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Jane Stephens, was 31. He married Dorathea Durfee on 18 October 1842, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States in 1879 and Utah, United States in 1888. He registered for military service in 1850. He died on 28 April 1889, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- David Garner, "United States Census, 1850"
- David Garner Jr, LDS Church Membership, Birth
- David Gardner, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): perhaps occasionally from the Old French personal name Garnier (see Garnier ), but it is exeptionally rare as a personal name in medieval England and no certain evidence has been found for its use as a surname. Compare Warner .
English: from Middle English gern(i)er, garner, gurner, Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It was probably a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.
English and Scottish: commonly shortened form of Gardner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of David Garner
COMPILED & WRITTEN BY DORA D. FLACK David Garner was born in Lexington, Davison County, North Carolina on 30 January 1818, the son of David Garner and Jane Stevens (Stephens). Nothing is known conce …
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