Brief Life History of Sanford
When Sanford Bingham was born on 3 May 1821, in Concord, Essex, Vermont, United States, his father, Erastus Bingham Sr, was 23 and his mother, Lucinda Gates, was 23. He married Martha Ann Lewis on 18 July 1847, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1910, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Sandford Bingham in household of Erastus Bingham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sanford Bingham, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- Sanford Bingham, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Biography of Sanford BINGHAM
BIOGRAPHY OF SANFORD BINGHAM Sanford Bingham, son of Erastus and Lucinda Gates Bingham, was born May 3, 1821 in Concord, Essex County, Vermont. There were children in the family; the three younge …
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