Laverne Bidwell

Brief Life History of Laverne

When Laverne Bidwell was born on 3 July 1833, in Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, her father, Robert Williams Bidwell, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Roe, was 29. She married Ransom Hatch on 17 June 1856, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 20 October 1906, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ransom Hatch
1827–1895
Laverne Bidwell
1833–1906
Marriage: 17 June 1856
Ira Robert Hatch
1857–1857
Emma Jane Hatch
1857–1883
Joseph Wilson Hatch
1860–1923
Rose Ellen Hatch
1863–1885
Rosetta Lavern Hatch
1863–1933
Sarah Ann Hatch
1869–1946
Ransom Hatch
1870–1871

Sources (29)

  • Laverne Bidewell in household of Elizabeth Bidewell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lavern Hatch, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Laverna Bidwell, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"

World Events (8)

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.

1838

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: William C Brown BIRTH 1838 DEATH 1838 (aged less–than 1 year) BURIAL Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 99780931 · View Source

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bedwell (Essex, Hertfordshire), Bedlar's Green (Essex), Bidwell (Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Devon, Somerset), or Biddles Farm (Buckinghamshire), all of which were named as ‘the spring or stream in a shallow valley’ from Old English bydewelle (composed of the elements byde(n) ‘tub’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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