Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Broadbent was born on 18 May 1842, in Hurst, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Broadbent, was 31 and her mother, Mary Greenwood, was 31. She married Hyrum Pearse Folsom on 29 December 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mason, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and St Thomas, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 12 January 1889, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Annie Folsom in household of Hyrum Folsom, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nancy B Folsom, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Nancy B Folsom, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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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 (northern): habitational name from a minor place in Lancashire, near Oldham, named Broadbent, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (see Broad ) + beonet ‘bent grass’.
English: occasionally a variant of B roadbelt, from Middle English brod, brad ‘wide, broad’ + belt ‘belt, girdle’, used for a stout man, i.e. someone who wore a ‘broad belt’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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LIFE OF NANCY BROADBENT Nancy Broadbent was born May 18, 1842, in Ashton, Lancaster, England. Her parents were William Broadbent and Mary Greenwood. She had two brothers, and four sisters. Her …
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