Joseph Brockbank

15 September 1859–4 March 1941 (Age 81)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph

When Joseph Brockbank was born on 15 September 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Isaac Brockbank Sr, was 54 and his mother, Sarah Brown, was 41. He married Emma Jane McKell on 17 December 1885, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 70 years. He died on 4 March 1941, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Brockbank
1859–1941
Emma Jane McKell
1866–1925
Marriage: 17 December 1885
Joseph Archibald Brockbank
1887–1958
Emma Elizabeth Brockbank
1890–1956
John Ross Brockbank
1893–1897
Hazel Agnes BROCKBANK
1896–1988
Robert Isaac Brockbank
1899–1976
Austin McKell Brockbank
1902–1902
Allen Grant Brockbank
1903–1998
Mary Lucille Brockbank
1907–1930

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 December 1885Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 4
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
    Age 4
    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 22
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English brok(e) ‘stream, brook’ + bank(e) ‘ridge, slope, bank’, for someone who lived by the bank of a brook. The name may have been confused with Brocklebank .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Brocklebank

    Story Highlight

    SARAH BROWN BROCKBANK: “Women of Faith & Fortitude”

    Birth: 29 Nov 1819, Harefield, Middlesex, England Death: 2 Apr 1888, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Parents: William Brown & Sarah Ford Pioneer: 3 Sep 1852, Abraham O. Smoot Company Wagon Train Spouse: Isaa …

    Sources (30)

    • Joseph Brockbank in entry for <Unknown>, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • B*****, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Joseph Brockbank in entry for Robert Isaac Brockbank and Bessie Lundquist, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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