Brief Life History of Almira
When Almira Merrill was born on 5 June 1807, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Daniel Merrill Jr., was 30 and her mother, Phebe Shepherd, was 24. She married Abel Lamb in 1826, in Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 January 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Alvina Lamb in household of Abel Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"
- Almira Lamb, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Almira Murrills in entry for Almira Lamb Hardy, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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