Lucinda Woolsey

Brief Life History of Lucinda

When Lucinda Woolsey was born on 14 March 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Woolsey, was 34 and her mother, Mary Burrell, was 27. She married Edwin Holden on 8 February 1857, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died in 1900, in Emmett, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Marion Bemus
1841–1907
Lucinda Woolsey
1841–1900
Marriage: 17 June 1865
Thomas Francis Bemus
1862–1891
William Edward Bemus
1864–1930
Joseph F Bemis
1865–1941
Abigail Amelia Bemus
1869–1910
Sarah Martha Beemis
1870–1945
John T Bemus
1873–1921
Mary C Bemus
1875–1905
Ruben Bemus
1880–1882
Ida E Bemus
1880–1949
Robert Leon Bemis
1882–1953
Florence Jennie Bemus
1885–1898

Sources (23)

  • Lucinda Wooley in household of Thomas Wooley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lucinda Woolsey Bemus, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lucinda Bemus in entry for Abbie A Bemus, "Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929"

World Events (8)

1842 · Relief Society Organized

The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Wulsy (Old English Wulfsige, from wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’). The personal name was common in Suffolk, where it gave rise to the surname of Henry VIII's minister Cardinal Wolsey.

History: George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) from England via the Netherlands in 1623.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Traveled west when 11 years old in a Mormon company. The company was the Davis Wood Company, June 6, 1852

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