When Alexander Bills was born on 4 September 1857, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Andrew Bills Sr, was 22 and his mother, Emeline Beckstead, was 20. He married Emily Bathsheba Beckstead on 27 September 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States in 1920 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 20 February 1930, in Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1859: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *renamed Salt Lake in 1868
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Historical Boundaries: 1877: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
English (West Midlands): variant of Bill 1 and 2, with, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dutch: from bijl ‘axe’, used to denote someone who made or used axes.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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