Brief Life History of Henry Josiah
When Henry Josiah Rudy was born on 8 November 1826, in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Rudy, was 33 and his mother, Anna Maria Boyer, was 33. He married Anna Maria Biehl on 15 October 1847, in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Brighton Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 June 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Rudy, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry Rudy, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Henry Rudy, "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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1848
Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
Name Meaning
South German: variant of Rudi .
Ukrainian, Rusyn, Polish, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic); Rusyn (from Slovakia), Slovak, and Czech (also Rudý): nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Ukrainian and Polish rudy, Slovak and Czech rudý ‘red, reddish-brown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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