Hyrum Lorenzo Giles

7 January 1850–22 February 1924 (Age 74)
Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Hyrum Lorenzo

When Hyrum Lorenzo Giles was born on 7 January 1850, in Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Davis Giles, was 29 and his mother, Margaret Thomas, was 28. He married Dorcas E. Fowler in 1868, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to United States in 1856 and lived in Little Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 February 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hyrum Lorenzo Giles
1850–1924
Minnie Jensen Giles
1863–1937
Marriage: 8 June 1883
Lorenzo Thomas Giles
1884–1898
Joseph Giles
1886–1891
Hyrum Art Giles
1888–1950
Amy Elizabeth Giles
1889–1968
Adrian Giles
1891–1964
Dolly Abbie Giles
1893–1979
Vera Adele Giles
1895–1965
Margaret Giles
1898–1995
Minnie Erma Giles
1900–1959
Anna Marie Giles
1901–1991
Lillian Giles
1904–1907

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 June 1883Park City, Summit, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 13
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
    Age 17
    The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 20
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, Middle English Giles or Gile, a borrowing from Old French Gil(l)e(s). This is from Latin Aegidius and this presumably from Greek aigidion ‘kid, young goat’ (alternatively, it could be a Late Latin formation from the Latin personal name Eggius + the suffix -idius). The personal name was widely used in France and the Low Countries, partly through veneration of Saint Gilles de Provence, supposedly a hermit of the 7th century near Arles; he was patron saint of cripples, hence the dedication of Saint Giles Cripplegate in London, though the personal name itself was less common in England than elsewhere in Europe. See also Gilles .Irish: adopted as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Glaisne, a County Louth name based on glas ‘green, blue, gray’.French: variant of Gilles , a cognate of 1 above.

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

    Possible Related Names

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    Gittemeier
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    Gillard
    Ille
    Jellison
    Jiles

    Story Highlight

    HYRUM LORENZO GILES Notes

    BIRTH: Thomas Davis Family History dictated to scribe * Family Group Sheet prepared by Mrs. Helen S. Brinkley. MARRIAGE: DEATH: Obituary, Salt Lake Telegram Feb. 22, 1904. BAPTISM: ENDOWMEN …

    Sources (65)

    • Hyrum Lorenzo Giles in entry for Hyrum Art Giles, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • H.l. Giles, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • H L Giles in entry for Henry William Allen and Vera G Snow, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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