When Henry Benjamin Humphreys-Williams was born on 5 February 1851, in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Mathews Humphreys, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Woods, was 19. He married Mary Elizabeth Dowdle on 11 October 1870, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Llangynidr, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861 and Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States for about 10 years. In 1861, at the age of 10, his occupation is listed as collier in Llangynidr, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He died on 3 October 1909, in Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Peoa Cemetery, Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1857: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
A perennially popular given name, of Continental Germanic origin, from haim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’. It was an Old French name, adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. It has been borne by eight kings of England. Not until the 17th century did the form Henry (as opposed to Harry ) become the standard vernacular form, mainly under the influence of the Latin form Henricus and French Henri.
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Son of Isaac Humphreys and Sarah Woods. Henry's father died when he was seven years old. Henry immigrated from Wales to Utah with his mother, brother, Lorenzo, and sister, Sarah in 1866. His mother ma …
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