Brief Life History of Joseph Edwin Franklin
When Joseph Edwin Franklin Pugsley was born on 15 April 1852, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, Philip Pugsley, was 29 and his mother, Martha Roach, was 22. He married Rosette Evelyn "Rosa" Harmon on 23 December 1875, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853. He died on 10 April 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Pugsley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Joseph Edwin Franklin Pugsley, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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 (Devon and Somerset): habitational name from a place so called in Warkleigh, Devon. The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Pocg (genitive Pocges) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Puglsey, Joseph EF from DUP
Puglsey, Joseph E. F. (son of Philip Puglsey and Marth Roach). Born April 15, 1852, Bristol Engl. Married Evelyn R. harmon Dec, 23, 1875, Salt Lake City (daughter of Norton harmon and Thankful Tanner. …
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