Brief Life History of Lydia Jane
When Lydia Jane Tanner was born on 27 January 1838, in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, her father, Nathan Tanner Sr, was 22 and her mother, Rachel Winter Smith, was 19. She married James Stephens Brown on 23 July 1854, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 November 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lydia Tanner in household of Nathan Tanner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jane Tanner, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Lydia Jane Brown, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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
1848
Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lydia Jane Brown by Edith Larsen Baker
Lydia Jane Brown was born August 10, 1855, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the first child of James Stephens Brown and Lydia Jane Tanner. We do not know much about her childhood except that she pro …
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