Brief Life History of Martha Melvina
When Martha Melvina Molen was born on 12 June 1847, in Linn, Iowa, United States, her father, Jesse Molen, was 41 and her mother, Laurany Suraina Huffaker, was 37. She married David William Hyde Grant on 14 January 1865, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 15 March 1898, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Hyde Park Cemetery, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Grant in household of David Grant, "United States Census, 1880"
- Martha M Grant, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Swedish (Molén): ornamental or topographic name from mo ‘sandy heath’ + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’, with intrusive -l- for euphony, or from the root of Latin molinarius ‘miller’ or mola ‘mill’ + the suffix -én, derived from Latin -inius ‘relating to’.
Dutch and Flemish: very rare variant of Vandermolen and, in North America, (also) a shortened form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jane Elizabeth Grant Life History
I was born in Hyde Park, Utah December 28, 1872, blessed August 18, 1873. My parents David William and Martha Molen Grant were quite poor. We lived in a log house in the west part of Hyde Park. I h …
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