Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Crowther was born on 3 April 1855, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Crowther, was 22 and his mother, Mary Jackson, was 21. He married Sarah Ann Clark on 30 September 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ettingshall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1855. In 1910, at the age of 55, his occupation is listed as engineer at temple house in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He died on 12 September 1929, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Crowther, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Joseph Crowther, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph C Crowther, "Find A Grave Index"
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire): variant of Crowder 1.
Scottish: possibly a variant of McGrouther, from Gaelic Mac Grùdair ‘son of (the) brewer’, from grùdair ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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