Brief Life History of Nancy Jane
When Nancy Jane Radford was born on 14 January 1847, in Wapello, Louisa, Iowa, United States, her father, John Whitlock Radford, was 32 and her mother, Rachael Leah Smith, was 24. She married Francis Frederick Ryset on 14 January 1861, in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1870 and Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 10 May 1900, in Poplar, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Ririe Shelton Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Nancy Jane Morgan, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nancy Jane Radford Ryset Morgan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy Jane Radford Morgan, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Radford (Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Worcestershire), Raddiford (Devon), Ratford (Sussex, Wiltshire), Redford (Angus, Fife, Midlothian, Dorset, Sussex), Retford (Nottinghamshire), Rodford (Gloucestershire), or Rudford (Gloucestershire). Most of these placenames appear to derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, though some are likely to derive from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + ford (e.g. Rodford and Rudford (Gloucestershire)), and the Oxfordshire placename may derive from Old English rād ‘riding’ + ford, probably meaning ‘ford which can be crossed on horseback’. This English name has been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Nancy Jane Radford Ryset Morgan by Leon Pitman
Nancy Jane Radford was born 14 June 1847 on the prairies of central Iowa, the daughter of John Whitlock Radford and Leah Smith Ross Radford. She was the first child of seven born to John and Leah, tho …
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