When Helen Eldredge Armstrong was born on 17 January 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Henry William Babbitt, was 41 and her mother, Agnes Smith Parker, was 37. She married Brigham Young Jr. on 7 June 1890, in Paso Norte (El Pasito), Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 22 April 1939, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.
History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.
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Possible Related NamesI found this information in my fathers records. It was hand written. I do not know the source, nor have I been able to document it. Can someone help? Henry William Babbitt was born the 14th of Ja …
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