Brief Life History of Lydia Ann
When Lydia Ann Alley was born on 1 January 1828, in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, George Alley, was 35 and her mother, Mary Symonds, was 31. She married Daniel Hanmer Wells on 4 April 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 6 August 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lydia Alley in household of George Alley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lydia Ann Alley, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Lydia Anna Wells, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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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.
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
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ally, Alli, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear. It may be a pet form of Alexander , Alan , Alice , or Alison , or a survival of Old Danish Alli, Old Swedish Alle, found as Alli in the Domesday Book.
In some cases also an altered form of French Hallé (see Halle 2) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Variant of Allee 2, a surname of French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lydia Ann alley Wells
Daughter of George Alley and Mary Symonds Married Daniel Hanmer Wells, 4 Apr 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 8, p. 191 Lydia Ann Alley Wells. "I was born on January …
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