This Day In Our Family History

1669

Sarah Wheeler died in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America at the age of 41

1750

Benjamin Smith died at the age of 42

1760

Edward Lunt was born in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom to John Lunt, age 24, and Elizabeth Joynson, about 25 years old

1836

George Elliot and Jane May were married 

1862

Anretta Webb was born in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States to David Webb, age 42, and Esther Olpin, age 47. She was the 10th of 11 known children, and the 8th of 9 known daughters, born to the couple. She was born to her father’s 1st of 2 known marriages, in polygamy, and to her mother’s only known marriage

1876

Grace Davis was born in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States to David Peter Davis, age 22, and Caroline Ann Coles, age 17. She was the 1st of 9 known children, and the 1st of 4 known daughters, born to the couple

1877

John Lamont Sperry, age 23, and Emily Jane Jones, age 18, were married in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. This was the only known marriage for both

1881

Charles Vernon Weaver, age 9, was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

1899

Jeremiah Joseph Coles died in Willow Creek, Bingham, Idaho, United States at the age of 28

1905

Jens Rosenquist Nelson, age 45, immigrated from Copenhagen, Denmark on the Oscar II, to New York, New York, United States. He was on his way to help settle Utah, United States

1911

Valentine Tudor died at the age of 79

1914

Nels Rosenquist Nelson died in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States at the age of 31

1920

Rose Harper was born in the covenant in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States to Clifton Hyrum Harper, age 31, and Emma Jacobine Hunger, age 30. She was the 4th of 8 known children, and the 3rd of 3 known daughters, born to the couple

1929

Barbara Jean Padilla died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States when she was 7 months 14 days

1930

Patricia Jean Lunt was born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States to Charles Gilbert Lunt, age 26, and Agnes Coalter Golightly, age 20. She was the 1st of 4 known children, and the 1st of 3 known daughters, born to the couple

1933

Shedrick Lunt died in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States at the age of 82

1953

Darlene Lunt Holman completed her initiatory and endowment ordinances for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in The Church’s Salt Lake Utah Temple, which is located at 50 North West Temple in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1957

Aleene Sumsion, age 22, completed her initiatory and endowment ordinances and then was married and sealed* for time and eternity to Ralph Alcorn Rowley, age 24, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Salt Lake Utah Temple, which is located at 50 North West Temple in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. This was the 1st of 2 known marriages for both. They were later divorced

1970

Edward Rosenquist Nelson completed his endowment ordinance, by proxy, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in The Church’s Manti Utah Temple, which is located at 200 East 510 North in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States

1977 

Mearl Dee Lunt was stabbed to death at his brother, Garth Osborne Lunt’s, apartment, which was located at 1251 14th Street in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States. He was 38 years old

2010 

Cheree Lunt completed her initiatory ordinance, by proxy, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in The Church’s Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, which is located at 742 North 900 East in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States

James Ralph Matthews and Geneva Ilene Thompson were sealed for time and eternity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in The Church’s Spokane Washington Temple, which is located at 13710 East 40th Avenue in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States

2015

Travis Jones, Jr. and Priscilla Jane Sapp were sealed, by proxy, for time and eternity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Papeete Tahiti Temple, which is located at Route de la Fautaua-Titioro in Commune de Papeete, Tahiti. This sealing was for the 2nd of 2 known marriages for Travis, Jr. and for the 2nd of 3 known marriages for Priscilla Jane

*Most likely sealing date, Aleene’s initiatory and endowments and their marriage on this date in this temple

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