Brief Life History of Ann Eliza
When Ann Eliza Stanley Hunter was born on 7 April 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Edward Hunter, was 50 and her mother, Ann Standley, was 36. She married Joseph Coulson Rich on 14 January 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 3 August 1930, in Garden City, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- Ann Eliza Rich, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ann Eliza Hunter Rich, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Ann Eliza Hunter in entry for Joseph C. Rich, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley, including those in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.
English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages, for example Polish Stanislawski , Greek Anastasiou , and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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