Henry Alpheus Gifford

26 April 1852–3 November 1920 (Age 68)
Pigeon Hollow, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Henry Alpheus

When Henry Alpheus Gifford was born on 26 April 1852, in Pigeon Hollow, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry Dill Gifford, was 26 and his mother, Almira Ann Braffett, was 23. He married Mary Ellen Hale on 30 October 1876, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Desert Lake, Emery, Utah, United States in 1910 and Torrey, Wayne, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 3 November 1920, in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Torrey Cemetery, Torrey, Wayne, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Alpheus Gifford
1852–1920
Mary Ellen Hale
1858–1938
Marriage: 30 October 1876
William Henry Gifford
1878–1944
Sarah Ann Gifford
1880–1905
James Alpheus Gifford
1883–1968
Mary Elizabeth Gifford
1888–1956
Samuel Gifford
1892–1960
Edith Gifford
1897–1985
George Dewey Gifford
1899–1997

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 October 1876Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
    Age 5
    The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
    1863
    Age 11
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 18
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin): variant of Giffard, either from the Middle English personal name Gifard, derived from an Old French name of this form deriving from ancient Germanic geb- ‘give, gift’ + hard- ‘hardy, brave’, or perhaps sometimes a nickname from Old French gif(f)ard ‘chubby-cheeked, bloated’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Jeffords

    Sources (19)

    • Alfeos Gifford, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Henry Alpheus Gifford in entry for Samuel Gifford, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Henry A Gifford in household of Henry Gifford, "United States Census, 1860"

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