Brief Life History of Moroni
When Moroni Spafford was born in 1849, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Horace Spafford, was 52 and his mother, Martha Stiles, was 50. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 25 June 1850, in Platte River, Saunders, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Platte River, Saunders, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Moroni Spafford, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Moroni Spafford - Published information: birth: 1849; Pike, Illinois, United States
- Moroni Spafford, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (2)
1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple
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.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire):
habitational name usually from Spalford (Nottinghamshire). The placename may derive from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, or from spald ‘ditch, trench’ + ford ‘ford’.
variant of Spofforth, a habitational name from Spofforth (Yorkshire), probably from Old English spot ‘small piece, plot of land’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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