Brief Life History of George Briggs
When George Briggs Coulam was born on 26 May 1848, in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Coulam Sr., was 45 and his mother, Sarah Jane Corden, was 45. He married Elizabeth Harrocks on 27 December 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 24 November 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- George Coulan, "United States Census, 1880"
- George Coulam, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- George in entry for Sarah Coulam, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: see Cowlam .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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History of John Coulam Sr.
Written by Chloe Welch-Monk, a great grand daughter John Coulam, son of John and Joanna Ward Coulam, was born 2 August 1802, in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. About 1825 he married Sarah Cordon, dau …
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