Brief Life History of Lavinia Sarah
When Lavinia Sarah Mitchell was born on 22 July 1837, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Hezekiah Mitchell, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Ann Mallinson, was 26. She married Captain James Brown on 7 September 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 16 March 1905, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Lavina Mitchall in household of Hezekiah Mitchall, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Lavinia Mitchell - Legacy NFS Source: Individual or family possessions: birth: 22 July 1837; Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Lavinia Horrocks, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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