Brief Life History of Francis John
When Francis John Salisbury was born on 26 May 1845, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Halery Salisbury, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Ann Holder, was 26. He married Sarah Ann Bates on 9 March 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Orem, Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 17 March 1918, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Frank Salisbury, "United States Census, 1860"
- Francis John Salisbury, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Frank Salisbury, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name primarily from Salesbury in Blackburn (Lancashire) but also occasionally from Salisbury (Wiltshire). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English salh ‘willow, sallow’ + burg ‘fortress’, while the Wiltshire placename arises from a shortened form of the Celtic placename Sorviodunum (from an unknown initial element + Celtic dūno- ‘fort’). In the Old English period the second element was dropped and Sorvio- (of unexplained etymology) became Searo- in Old English as the result of folk etymological association the Old English word searu ‘trick’; to this an explanatory burh ‘fortress, manor, town’ was added. The city is recorded in the Domesday Book as Sarisberie; the change of -r- to -l- is the result of later dissimilation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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