Willard Eugene Bingham

Brief Life History of Willard Eugene

When Willard Eugene Bingham was born on 3 October 1856, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Willard Bingham, was 26 and his mother, Amanda Melvina Snow, was 18. He married Hannah Sarah McFarland on 8 May 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Wilson, Weber, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 13 December 1918, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willard Eugene Bingham
1856–1918
Hannah Sarah McFarland
1863–1944
Marriage: 8 May 1879
Mary Emily Bingham
1880–1936
Eugene Bingham
1881–1972
Hannah Melvina Bingham
1883–1904
Dora May Bingham
1886–1888
Ethel Mary Bingham
1888–1978
Adelbert Willard Bingham
1890–1966
Charles James Bingham
1892–1976
William Spencer Bingham
1893–1980
Annabell Bingham
1896–1896
Duella Elizabeth BINGHAM
1899–1985
John Henry Bingham
1901–1949
Joseph Harvey Bingham
1901–1990
Luella Lavina Bingham
1904–1994

Sources (72)

  • William Bingham in household of William Bingham, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Willard Eugene Bingham - birth-name: Willard Eugene Bingham
  • Walter A Bingham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .

American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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