When William Gimbert Saunders was born on 10 January 1819, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles L Saunders, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ann Levet, was 28. He married Phoebe Merrill on 11 November 1839, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1854 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 June 1888, in Uintah, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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Possible Related NamesAlthough William lived in Ogden with Amelia, he wrote often to Mary and took every opportunity to assist them. Amelia took the children and went out to visit in Uintah often, and Mary came into Ogde …
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