Brief Life History of Bethsinah
When Bethsinah Burns was born on 5 November 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Enoch Burns, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Pierce, was 19. She married David Garner Jr on 16 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 7 January 1859, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 15, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Bethsina Burns in household of Enoch Burns, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bethsinah BURNS - birth:
- Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 (Marriage)
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.
English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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