Brief Life History of Cordelia
When Cordelia Lane was born on 10 February 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, William West Lane, was 49 and her mother, Maria Burr, was 41. She married William Huntington Carter on 15 October 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Springville Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 4 December 1936, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Adelia Carter in household of Wm. H. Carter, "United States Census, 1900"
- Cardelia Lane Carter, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Cordelia Lane in entry for Ernest Huntington Carter, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Application for DUP Membership of Cordelia Lane Carter April 1921
Copy of application for membership in DUP April 1921 Cordelia Lane Carter wife of William H. Carter. Father William Lane born 29 August 1797, Summer County, Tennessee; died crossing plains 8 July 18 …
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