Diantha Orletta Carpenter

Brief Life History of Diantha Orletta

When Diantha Orletta Carpenter was born on 5 January 1843, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Daily Carpenter, was 43 and her mother, Phebe Baldwin, was 32. She married James H Barrow in 1861, in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Lee, Ringgold, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died in July 1879, in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James H Barrow
1837–1903
Diantha Orletta Carpenter
1843–1879
Marriage: 1861
James Henry Barrow
1861–1915
Joseph Daily Barrow
1865–1925
George Alma Barrow
1879–1936

Sources (23)

  • Dranthe Carpenter in household of Daily Carpenter, "United States Census, 1850"
  • 6 Phebe Baldwin Pierce Carpenter family members traveling together at Pioneer Overland Travel history.lds.org James C. Snow Company (Kanesville, Iowa now Council Bluffs to Salt Lake Valley in Utah). Also birth and death.
  • Dianthia Orletta Carpenter Barrow, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"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."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Dianthia Orletta Carpenter

Born Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, 1843. A small Mormon settlement, name changed to Webster. Traveled over land with her parents in the Snow Company summer 1852 to Salt Lake City. Her parents divorced Nov …

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