Brief Life History of Henry
Henry Cuerdon was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The April 1863 Saints' Herald described his General Conference report: "Bro. Henry Cuerdon made a report of his mission in Iowa. He had resided in Utah. He said that people had been prevented from leaving Utah." The report further described his missionary efforts at Newton, String Prairie, and Oskaloosa. He was ordained a seventy on 8 April 1863 at Amboy, Lee, Illinois. He was expelled from the Church.
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- Henry Cuerden, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry C...Erden, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Unknown, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1825
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: locative name from Cuerden (Lancs).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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