George Washington Brandon

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Brandon was born on 10 January 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, William Thomas Jefferson Brandon Sr., was 43 and his mother, Lovina Palmer, was 33. He married Adaline Elizabeth Rogers on 9 August 1875, in Neosho, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 8 March 1880, in Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Farmers Corner Burials, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Brandon
1850–1880
Adaline Elizabeth Rogers
1854–1926
Marriage: 9 August 1875
George Benjamin Brandon
1876–1927
Otto Jefferson Brandon
1877–1881
Florence Brandon
1879–1889

Sources (5)

  • George W Brandon in household of Lavissca Monroe, "United States Census, 1870"
  • George Washington Brandon, "Find A Grave Index"
  • George Brandon, "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877"

World Events (7)

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

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.

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.

Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).

French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).

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

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