Brief Life History of Bazel
When Bazel Boren was born on 24 October 1835, in Jonesboro, Union, Illinois, United States, his father, Coleman Bryant Boren, was 27 and his mother, Malinda Keller, was 22. He died on 2 January 1857, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 21.
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- 1840 U.S. Census, population schedule: Bazel Boren
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Bazel Boren, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Swedish (also Borén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Boreen and Borin .
Polish (Boreń): from a pet form of the personal names like Borzysław (see Bora 1).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Born .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF BAZEL BOREN
Bazel Boren was born 24 October 1836 in Jonesboro, Union, Illinois to Coleman and Malinda Keller Boren. His father was born 11 October 1808 in Robertson, Tennessee. He married Malinda …
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