William Henry Buck

10 January 1861–15 May 1943 (Age 82)
Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of William Henry

When William Henry Buck was born on 10 January 1861, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Buck, was 21 and his mother, Hannah Chantry, was 19. He married Rebecca Chadburn on 25 May 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States for about 30 years and Taylor, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 May 1943, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Buck
1861–1943
Flora Buck
1872–1967
Marriage: 19 August 1898
Percy H Buck
1899–1913
William Edwin Buck
1901–1978
Elsie Agness Buck
1903–1988
Joseph Seely Buck
1905–1919
Flora Priscilla Buck
1907–1998
Pearl Irene Buck
1909–1980
James Harold Buck
1911–1991
Lewis Melvin Buck
1914–2003

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 August 1898Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 2
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
    Age 19
    School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
    1884
    Age 23
    Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Buckson
    Burkhart
    Buxton
    Buckman
    Boughton
    Buckmaster
    Bucknell

    Story Highlight

    Ernest Buck Family LDS Conversion/Immigration Story

    The Buck Family Immigration Story by Michael D Buck December 2008 (mikebuck@byu.net) Excerpt from “Life History of Ernest Buck” written as related to his granddaughter Sharon Anderson Hillier “ …

    Sources (43)

    • William Buck in entry for Pearl Irene Buck, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • William Henry Buck, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • William Buck, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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