Brief Life History of Clarissa
When Clarissa Ames was born on 16 December 1827, in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Ira V Ames, was 23 and her mother, Charity Carter, was 20. She married Thomas LaFlesh Munjar on 16 July 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1853 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 24 July 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Pugsley in household of Phillip Pugsley, "United States Census, 1900"
- A Record of Marriages in the City of Nauvoo, Illinois: Clarissa Ames
- Clarissa A. Pugsley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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.
1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple
On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Philip Pugsley II (1859-1931) Written by Nellie Druce Pugsley Becker
Philip Pugsley Jr. 1822-1903 Compiled by Nellie Pugsley Becker (1976) Philip Pugsley, Jr. and his wife Martha Roach Pugsley came to Utah in 1853. Philip Pugsley, Jr. was born in England, Decembe …
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