Brief Life History of Amanda Melvina
When Amanda Melvina Snow was born on 18 March 1838, in Caldwell Township, Callaway, Missouri, United States, her father, Willard Trowbridge Snow, was 26 and her mother, Melvina Harvey, was 26. She married Willard Bingham on 28 June 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 February 1898, in West Haven, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Amanda Bingham in household of William Bingham, "United States Census, 1870"
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Amanda Melvina Snow Bingham, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with snow‐white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Middle English snou, snow ‘snow’ (Old English snaw).
American shortened and altered (translated into English) form of any of the Jewish artificial names composed with German Schnee, Schnei, Schneu ‘snow’ as the first element, e.g. Schneeberg .
Americanized form of French Canadian Chenard , reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Amanda Melvina Snow Bingham was the oldest daughter of Willard Snow and Melvina Harvey Snow. She was born in Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, March 18, 1838. Her father, Willard Snow was born in …
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