Brief Life History of Anna Louisa
When Anna Louisa Merritt was born on 24 October 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Reuben Martin Merritt, was 31 and her mother, Aseneth Pamelia Ford, was 28. She married Benjamin Bachman in 1866, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 January 1871, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Ann L E Merit in household of Asenath P Merit, "United States Census, 1860"
- "Ann Louise" Bachman, "BillionGraves Index"
- Eliza Merritt in entry for Benjamin Bachman, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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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.
1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Merriott , Marriott , or Marritt. The last of these is most often a variant of Merriott or Marriott , but possibly in some instances from Middle English Marret or Merret, a syncopated form of Margaret, Mergeret.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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