Brief Life History of George
When George Baldwin was born on 4 May 1838, in Eastnor, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Baldwin, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Anne Smith, was 46. He married Matilda Eve Reed on 4 April 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and North Point, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 18 January 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- George Baldwin in household of William W Hutchins, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1838 BIRTH Record - George Baldwin
- George Baldwin, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.
Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.
History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Baldwin (4 May 1838 – 18 January 1918)
Son of James Baldwin and Sarah Anne Smith Married Matilda Eve Reed, 4 April 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Children - Annie Matilda Baldwin, Harriet Leona Baldwin, Tweedy Elizabeth Baldwin, G …
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