Brief Life History of Thomas Charles
When Thomas Charles West was born on 9 October 1853, in Hoxton New Town, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Henry John West, was 20 and his mother, Eliza Dangerfield, was 21. He married Margaret Eliza Felt on 10 November 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 25 June 1898, in Round Valley, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in North Morgan Cemetery, Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas E West in household of Eliza West, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Morgan County Utah Records of Burials and Births, Book 2
- Thomas C. West, "BillionGraves Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Historical Boundaries: 1863: Richland, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Rich, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Rich, Utah, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life Sketches of George H. Draper and Eliza Alice West, written by Zilnorah D Barnett, July 29, 1939
My father, George Henry Draper was the second son of William and Jane Bryant Draper. He was born March 10, 1863 (family search shows 1862) in Easterton, Wiltshire, England - four days after the death …
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