Brief Life History of Franklin Stevenson
When Franklin Stevenson Bramwell was born on 8 June 1859, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Walter Bramwell Sr, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Stevenson, was 36. He married Emily Neal Egginson on 16 December 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1910 and Oregon, United States in 1926. He died on 25 September 1926, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (41)
- Franklin S Bramwellf, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Franklin Stevenson Bramwell, "Find A Grave Index"
- Unknown in entry for Lester H Brimwell, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
Spouse and Children
1859–1926 Male
1864–1914 Female
Children (7)
1881–1943 Male
1885–1961 Male
1889–1908 Female
1891–1962 Male
1895–1967 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1823–1899 Male
1823–1917 Female
Siblings (8)
1852–1852 Male
1853–1931 Male
1855–1931 Male
1857–1938 Male
1859–1926 Male
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World Events (8)
1861
Age 2
1863
Age 4
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire):
habitational name from Bramhall in Cheshire, with hypercorrect substitution of -well in the final syllable.
possibly also a habitational name from Bramwell in Somerset, but the evidence of the geographical distribution in England makes this origin unlikely.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Out of the Past
We arrived in Seattle October 8, 1901. Such a winter--I was cold all the time. There were no Saints here, so I wrote Elder George Parkinson, our Mission President in Portland, but he had left and it w …
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