Brief Life History of Joshua Frederick
When Joshua Frederick Grant was born on 24 July 1818, in Naples, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Joshua Grant III, was 40 and his mother, Athalia Nan Howard, was 31. He married Louisa Marie Golay on 27 August 1843, in Switzerland, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 21 November 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Joshua Grant, "United States Census, 1850"
- Birth of Joshua Frederick Grant ( Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848)
- Joshua Grant, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.
English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.
Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mission of Joshua Frederick Grant to the Southern States of Virginia and North Carolina
Mission to Virginia and North Carolina Joshua Frederick Grant and his brother Jedediah Morgan Grant were called as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints, at a Church confe …
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