Brief Life History of Alveretta Matilda
When Alveretta Matilda Grant was born on 18 November 1883, in Marion, Cassia, Idaho, United States, her father, George Smith Grant, was 28 and her mother, Alvaretta Jane Tolman, was 23. She married Lyman Carlos Severe on 20 December 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Heman, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 8 December 1909, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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- Alveretta M Grant in household of Henry A Belcher, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alvaretta Severe, "Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929"
- Alvaretta M. Grant, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (7)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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Following is an excerpt from "The Personal History and Missionary Diaries of Alvaretta M. Grant Severe 1889-1908 by Hal H. Hunter. "As Alvaretta M. Grant approached her 21st year she was interviewed …
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