Brief Life History of Lucinda
When Lucinda Abrams was born on 18 April 1837, in Pearsalls, Nassau, New York, United States, her father, Lewis Abrams, was 25 and her mother, Martha Brower, was 25. She married Brower Pettit on 17 January 1854, in Lynbrook, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 11 May 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lucinda Pettit, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lucinda Pettit, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Lucinda Abrams in entry for Mary Alice Ashton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Abram , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Jewish (Ashkenazic), Dutch, and German: patronymic from the personal name Abram .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lucinda Pettit Ashton Hamilton thoughts about her Grandmother's Life
WOMANHOOD How fortunate, a woman I was born Although I doubt that man can understand Why we accept our lot, rather than scorn The Fact that they're our masters, in command. In viewing Life, just m …
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