Brief Life History of Jasper
When Jasper Thornton was born on 27 October 1832, in Gore, Canada West, British North America, his father, Thomas Thornton, was 22 and his mother, Susan Katherine Paine, was 20. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dunn on 8 March 1853, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Eight Mile, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 23 November 1911, in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- Jasper Thornton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jasper Thornton, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Jasper Thornton, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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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.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A Sketch of the Life of Jasper Thornton: by daughters, Susan R. Elmer, Julia Bissegger, Enez T. Hoff, and son Jasper Wm. Thornton
Jasper Thornton and Sarah Dunn Thornton Table of Contents 1. He was the eldest child of a family of five, Friends of Prophet 2. often went to their home for a night's rest, Captain Nauvoo Legio …
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