Brief Life History of Harriet Lovina
When Harriet Lovina Bowen was born on 23 October 1844, in Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, her father, Israel Bowen, was 42 and her mother, Charlotte Louisa Durham, was 37. She married Daniel Cate Leavitt on 17 March 1860, in Placer, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 7 May 1942, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Harriet in household of Joseph Alks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harriet Lovina Bowen Leavitt, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Harriet Lovina Levitt Lillywhite, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).
Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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In Memory of my Brother, William LaMont Leavitt By Madge Leavitt Olsen My brother, Mont- as he was called- was a kindly, rather quiet steadfast man. When young and growing up in our home, we all lov …
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