When Henry William West was born in 1845, in Bishopsgate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Joseph West, was 28 and his mother, Susan Gwillyn, was 28. He married Elizabeth West on 4 June 1865, in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Islington St Bartholomew, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died in September 1923, in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.
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History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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