Brief Life History of Abigail Dinah
When Abigail Dinah Brandon was born on 19 June 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, George Washington Brandon, was 38 and her mother, Keziah Fowler, was 33. She married Jacob Wayne Hendrickson on 8 May 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1913, at the age of 65.
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- Abigail Brandon in household of Mary Hiatt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Gyanah Abigail Henderickson in entry for Jacob Wayne Henderickson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
- Abigial Brandon in household of Keziah Brandon, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).
French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF DIANAH ABIGAIL BRANDON HENDRICKSON
Dianah Abigail Brandon was born 19 June 1848 in Councill Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa to George Washington and Keziah Fowler Brandon. They had left Nauvoo,Hancock, Illinois in 1846 and headed west. …
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