When William Croxall Orgill was born on 13 May 1863, in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Orgill, was 24 and his mother, Phoebe Croxall, was 25. He married Mary Collins Crapo on 9 March 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 8, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 23 January 1950, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1865: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1887: Mousley, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Bluffdle,Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
English (Midlands): nickname from Middle English, Old French orgueil ‘pride’ (compare Pride ) or sometimes perhaps a post-medieval shortening of Orgiles, from the adjective orguilus ‘proud’. The French word may have been reinforced by the synonymous Middle English orgel (Old English orgol, orgel).
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