Brief Life History of Moroni Alma
When Moroni Alma Holt was born on 22 February 1855, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Roskell Holt, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Noblet Jolley, was 35. He married Mary Rebecca Jackson in April 1882, in Stockton, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 10 Stockton, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 6 October 1923, in Stockton, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Maron Alina Holl in household of Gabrilla Holl, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Moroni Alma Holt, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Moroni A Holt, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Historical Boundaries: 1863: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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