Brief Life History of Joseph Smith
When Joseph Smith Stone was born on 19 February 1845, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Stone, was 39 and his mother, Hannah Bradley, was 27. He married Mary Ann Young on 4 January 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 2 February 1907, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Douglas in household of Ralph Douglas, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph S. Stone, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph S. Stone, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.
Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Great Grandfather Joseph Smith Stone and Great Grandmother Elizabeth Bottomley Platt
Great Grandfather Joseph Smith Stone was born February 19, 1845 to Samuel Stone and Hannah Bradley in Shaw Oldham, Lancashire, England. He had an older sister Jane and two brothers Jacob and Cleeve. …
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