Brief Life History of William Jedediah
When William Jedediah Brimley was born on 13 May 1857, in Blackrod, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Brimley, was 34 and his mother, Ann Southworth, was 36. He married Margaret Kirk on 7 May 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in World in 1914. He died on 19 April 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Wiliam Jed Brimley, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- William J Brimley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- William Jedediah Brimley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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
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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Life History of William Jedediah Brimley
(The narrator is LaVerne Brimley.) William Jedediah Brimley was the son of Richard Brimley and Ann Southworth and was born May 13, 1857 at Blackrod, Lancashire, England. William Jedediah Brimley's ow …
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