Brief Life History of Adna
When Adna Vrandenburg was born on 4 August 1819, in Ulster, New York, United States, his father, William Vradenburg, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Williams, was 44. He died in 1853, in Mormon Island, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Mormon Island Cemetery, El Dorado Hills, El Dorado, California, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Adna Vrandenburg in Mormon Battalion
- Adna Vrandenburg, "BillionGraves Index"
- Adna Vrandenburg, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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World Events (7)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from Brandenburg, the name of a province, its principal city, and numerous other places.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life sketch compiled by Mormon Battalion Association
Adna Vrandenburg was born 10 August 1819 in Ulster, New York although his birth year was recorded as 1817 on the Brigham Young return (Church roster) which conflicts with the birth year of his older s …
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