When Emma Smith Foy was born on 23 July 1842, in Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Birk Foy, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Rebecca Fink, was 32. She married Isaac Newton Goodale on 19 April 1857, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 4 August 1869, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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"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."
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On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
Irish: variant of Fahey .
Irish: variant of Fee .
French: from the medieval female personal name Foy, which is from Old French foi (from Latin fides) ‘faith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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