Brief Life History of Sarah Lucina
When Sarah Lucina Snow was born on 21 January 1841, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Erastus Snow, was 22 and her mother, Artemisia Beman, was 21. She married George Washington Thurston on 28 March 1858, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and San Juan Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1880. She died on 11 April 1928, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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- Sarah L Ghurston, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah Lucina Thurston, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Sarah L Thurston, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1842 · Relief Society Organized
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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