Brief Life History of Elizabeth Almira
When Elizabeth Almira Pond was born on 2 May 1827, in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Stillman Pond, was 23 and her mother, Elmira Elizabeth Whittemore, was 26. She married Newel Kimball Whitney on 26 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 12 May 1899, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ellizabeth A Lewis in household of Henry Grow, "United States Census, 1880"
- Pond, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elizabeth Almira Pond Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or lake, from Middle English ponde ‘pond, artificial or natural pool’, denoting someone who lived or worked by such a feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Quotes about Elizabeth Almira Pond
From the "Sketch of the Lives of Elizabeth and Beason Lewis" "Beason and Aunt Betsy made their first home on a ranch at the point of the west mountain near where Bingham is now. Here Beason operated …
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