Brief Life History of Nancy Melinda
When Nancy Melinda West was born on 22 March 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Walker West, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Cooper, was 39. She married John Henry Rollins on 1 April 1860, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 19 May 1917, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Safford Cemetery, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Nancy Rawlins in household of J H Rawlins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nancy Malinda Rollins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy M West in entry for Guy Washington Rollins, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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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.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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