Brief Life History of Celestia Clarissa
When Celestia Clarissa Bromley was born on 26 June 1849, in Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William M Bromley, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Bullimore, was 33. She married Edward Hyrum Buys on 23 March 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 28 October 1938, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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- Celestia C Buyas, "United States Census, 1930"
- Celestia Clarissia Buys, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Clara C Bromley in entry for Archie Buys, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
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
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Bromley, in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent (now in Greater London), Greater London, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, but Bromley (near Bow) in Greater London is from Old English bræmbel ‘bramble’ + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY: From Our Pioneer Heritage, by Kate B. Carter: Published by Daughters of Utah Pioneers: Pages 94 - 94.
From Our Pioneer Heritage, by Kate B. Carter: Published by Daughters of Utah Pioneers: Pages 94 - 94. I, Celestia Clarissa Bromley Buys was born June 26, 1849, in Dousby, Lincolnshire, England, t …
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