Brief Life History of Marinda Margaret
When Marinda Margaret Merrill was born on 27 June 1846, in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States, her father, Gilman Merrill, was 37 and her mother, Rebecca Severe, was 32. She married Alma Eldredge on 24 January 1863, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States for about 30 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 January 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Marinda Eldredge in household of Alma Eldredge, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Marinda Margaret Merrill - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Marinda Margaret Merrill
- Margaret Marinda Merrill Eldredge, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Alma Eldredge
Alma Eldredge was born October 13, 1841 in Warren Township, Indiana to Ira Eldredge and Nancy Black. In 1846 his family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois and finding that the Saints were being driven out, st …
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