Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Brimley was born on 1 July 1854, in Leyland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Brimley, was 31 and her mother, Ann Southworth, was 33. She married Alexander Cowan on 13 October 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 September 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Brimley Cowan in household of Alexander Cowan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Ellen Brimley Cowan, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Ellen Brimley Cowan, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
habitational name, perhaps from Brimley in Devon or Brimbley in Stoke Abbott, Dorset, both named with Old English brōm ‘broom’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
variant of Bromley .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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