Brief Life History of Lydia Ann
When Lydia Ann Gribble was born on 21 May 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, William Gribble, was 23 and her mother, Adelia Maria Clemons, was 20. She married Reuben Lyman Stevens in 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860 and Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1870. She died in October 1879, in Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Lydia Clements in household of Lyman Stephens, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Lydia Ann Gribble Stevens, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1842 · Relief Society Organized
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Cornwall): topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) crabtree or blackthorn’, from Middle English gribbele.
English (of Norman origin): from a Norman personal name Grimbald, composed of the ancient Germanic elements grīm ‘mask, helmet’ + bald, bold ‘bold, brave’. Grimbald became Gribald through assimilation of mb to bb.
Altered form of German Gribbel, from a pet form of a personal name formed with Greif .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF LYDIA ANN GRIBBLE STEVENS
Lydia Ann Gribble was born on 21 May 1841 in Hancock, Illinois to William and Adelia Marie Clemons Gribble. Lydia Ann’s father William was 17 years old when his mother died. About two yea …
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