Lydia Bolton Tanner

Brief Life History of Lydia Bolton

When Lydia Bolton Tanner was born on 3 November 1832, in Bolton, Warren, New York, United States, her father, Sidney Tanner, was 23 and her mother, Louisa Conlee, was 21. She married Charles Allen Burk on 25 September 1850, in Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 June 1910, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Minersville Cemetery, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Allen Burk
1823–1888
Lydia Bolton Tanner
1832–1910
Marriage: 25 September 1850
Louisa Abigail Burke
1851–1943
John Sidney Burk
1853–1941
Mary Ellen Burk
1856–1915
Charles Allen Burke Jr.
1859–1954
George Conley Burk
1861–1895
Algemon Gilbert Burk
1864–1865
Lydia Salina Burk
1866–1891
Elizabeth Keziah Burk
1868–1939
Nellie May Burk
1870–1946
Laura Pearl Burk
1873–1928
James Edward Burk
1876–1915

Sources (50)

  • Lydia Tanner in household of Sidney Tanner, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Lydia Tanner Burk, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.

German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.

German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Lydia Tanner

Lydia was born 3 November 1832 in Bolton, New York. She was two years old when her family moved to Kirtland, Ohio to join with the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. After a …

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