Nancy Thorn

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Thorn was born on 24 October 1841, in Summerhill Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Asahel Enoch Thorn, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Lester, was 32. She married David Osborn on 25 December 1857, in Three Mile Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 April 1918, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Osborn
1838–1917
Nancy Thorn
1841–1918
Marriage: 25 December 1857
David Ashael Osborn
1859–1940
Cynthia Abigail Osborn
1861–1940
Sarah Bianca Osborn
1863–1892
Mary Marvelia Osborn
1865–1941
Lydia Jane Osborn
1867–1950
Nancy Adaline Osborn
1869–1909
Margaret Ann Osborn
1871–1943
Jefferson Lester Osborn
1873–1952
William Wallace Osborn
1876–1937
John Richard Osborn
1877–1937
Isaac Melvin Osborn
1880–1966
Glen Milton Osborn
1887–1962

Sources (64)

  • Elen Osborn in household of David Osborn, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Thorn - birth: 24 October 1841; Summerhill Twp, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States
  • David Osborn signer of a marriage certificate as Justice of the Peace

World Events (8)

1842 · Relief Society Organized

The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse thorn, Middle English thorn(e), torn(e)). The name is also found in Sweden.

English: habitational name from a place called with Old English, Old Norse thorn ‘thorn bush’ (see 1 above), for example Thorne in Kent, Somerset, and South Yorkshire.

North German and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn ‘tower’.

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

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Story Highlight

A Sketch of the life of Nancy Thorn Osborn. Compiled by Lydia Jane Osborn Thomson

Nancy Thorn Osborn was born October 24, 1841 at Crawford County, Summerhill Township, Pennsylvania. She emigrated to Utah in September 1853. In writing the life history of Nancy Thorn Osborn, one fe …

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