When Thomas Rowell Leavitt was born on 30 June 1834, in Hatley, Richelieu, Lower Canada, British North America, his father, Jeremiah Leavitt II, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Sturtevant, was 35. He married Ann Eliza Jenkins on 1 March 1857, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 21 May 1891, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Cardston Cemetery, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
English:
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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