Brief Life History of William
When William Box was born on 22 November 1804, in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Box, was 28 and his mother, Hannah Wilson, was 27. He married Olivia Arnold in 1829, in Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Checkley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 29 June 1889, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- William Box, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Box, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Box, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from various major and minor places called Box, including parishes named Box in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, Box Farm in Awre (Gloucestershire), Boxfield Farm in Hertfordshire (recorded as Boxe from 1086 to 1428), and Box Hill in Dorking, Surrey, all named with Old English, Middle English box ‘box-tree’. The surname may sometimes also be purely topographic, where the reference is solely to residence by a box-tree, not to a farm or hamlet so named.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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