Lydia Emery

Brief Life History of Lydia

Died after 1870 census: Registered as "of Hot Springs, Napa, CA", p. 34, Lydia Loring, (age) 70, ME Daughter of Thomas Emery and Sarah Knox Married Seth Loring, 14 Apr 1822, Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine Children - Sarah Loring, Mary Ann Loring Married Isaiah Hamblin, 23 Jun 1850, on the plains; referred to as "widow Loron" by Jacob Hamblin - Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Aaron Johnson Company (1850); Age at Departure: 50. Sealing marriage performed 11 Jun 1852, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. History - Lydia is the half-sister of Samuel Brannan and Mary Ann Brannan. "Lydia Emmorry" filed intentions to marry Seth Loring on December 1, 1821, and they ("Emanserry") were married on April 14, 1822 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine (Gardiner Vital Records, 1800-1894, Film 10918) October 9, 1832 – Eastern Argus; Deaths. In Gardiner, Mr. Seth Loring, aged about 40. Daughter, Sarah, was married November 9, 1845 in Cambridge and then was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, November 23, 1845. Mary Ann was baptized October 27, 1847, location unknown. Lydia Emery Loring was likely baptized around the same time – and certainly before November 1848. November 1848 – Harris Grove IA Branch Records (Ronald G. Watt – Church History Library) Abraham Perkins, 26 years old Sarah Loring Perkins, 24 years old Ellen Perkins, 2 years old Abraham Junius Perkins, 3 months old Lydia Loring, 49 years old Mary Ann Loring, 19 years old Mary Ann Loring migrated to Utah where she married Francis Fletcher (of the Lowell Branch) as his plural wife on August 16, 1852. Mary Ann and her mother, Lydia Loring, then moved to California about 1855, and Mary Ann Loring Fletcher died there about 1856. In 1860 Lydia Emery Loring was living next door to her sister, Mary Ann Brannan Badlam, and her growing family, in Sacramento, California. 1860 Census of Sacramento (3rd Dist.), Sacramento, CA, p. 178 Alex Badlam, 52, MA Mary Badlam, 54, ME Ezra Badlam, 20, OH Mary Carpenter, 27, Housekeeper, $9,000, OH Mary L. Carpenter, 6, CA Jos. W. Winans, 38, Attorney, $10,000, NY Sarah A. Winans, 23, OH Sarah E. Winans, 5, CA Jos W. Winans Jr, 3, CA Anne O'Brien, 26, Svt. Ire Geo Warren, 21, Svt. PA Mary Burgess, 21, [Svt?] Scotland [Boarders] Next door Lydia [Emery] Loring, 60, ME Dist. 1 of Sacramento, p. 44 Alex Badlam Jr. 24, Clerk, OH In 1870, Sam's nephew-in-law, Joseph Webb Winans, built a family vault on Sam's property in Calistoga, using stone imported from China. Ten family members were buried there. In June 1913 and Sep 1919, the City of Calistoga removed the remains from the vault and reinterred them in the St. Helena Cemetery. 1. Mary Badlam - w/o of Alexander Badlam Sr. 2. Alexander Badlam, Sr. - h/o Mary Ann Brannan 3. Joseph W. (Webb) Winans - h/o Sara Adelaide Badlam 4. Joseph W. (William) Winans, Jr. - s/o Joseph Webb Winans & Sara Adelaide Badlam 5. Gerard C. (Clarence) Winans - s/o Joseph W. Winans, Sr. 6. Patrick Brannan - s/o Sam Brannan & Ann Eliza Corwin 7. Don Francisco Brannan d. 1854 age 2 - s/o Sam Brannan & Ann Eliza Corwin 8. Gerard C. (Clarence) Meagher - son of Mary Lavinia Carpenter Meagher 9. Mary L. (Lavinia Carpenter) Meagher - mother of #8, Gerard 10. Ezra Badlam - s/o Alexander Badlam & Mary Ann Brannan Historically, Lydia Emery Loring could be there but there is no record confirming that in the sexton's office. Officially, Lydia's burial location remains uncertain. Lydia died sometime after 1870.* *1870 Census of Hot Springs, Napa, CA, p. 34 Alex. Badlam, 61, $4,000, MA Mary A. Badlam, 63, ME Lydia Loring, 70, ME E. B. Badlam, 39, Hotel Keeper, $2000, MA Early Boston Mormons and Missionaries, page 203.

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Family Time Line

Seth Loring
1789–1832
Lydia Emery
1800–1870
Marriage: 14 April 1822
Sarah Loring
1824–1865
Mary Ann Loring
1829–

Sources (14)

  • Lydia Loring, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Lydia, "Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1921" Birth of daughter, Sarah Loring in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
  • Lydia Loring, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" Marriage 11 November 1849 in Pottawattamie, Iowa, Lydia Loring, age 50 & James Beebe, age 45

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World Events (2)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Napa, California, United States

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the ancient Germanic personal name Amalric, composed of the elements Amal (a dynastic name among the Goths) + rīk ‘realm, power’. The name was introduced into England from France by the Normans, developing into the Middle English personal name Amery, Emery (from Old French Amauri, Emaurri). Compare Amery , Amory , and 2 below.

French: from the Old French personal name Aimery, ancient Germanic Haimeric, from haim ‘home’+ rīc ‘power(ful)’. This may occasionally also be a derivation of the English surname (see 1 above). Compare Lemery .

Americanized form of German Hemmerich .

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

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Second Marriage for Lydia Huff Losee and Isaiah Hamblin.

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