Brief Life History of William Francis
When William Francis James was born on 30 April 1857, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph James, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Holyoak, was 21. He married Julia Ellen Whitehead on 19 August 1877, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. He died on 23 November 1916, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- LDS CENSUS: William Francis & Julia E. JAMES, 4 children - Ogden 3rd Ward, North Weber Stake "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- William F James in MARRIAGE entry for DAUGHTER Lillian Frost and James Hancock Weber County , "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- Julia Rosabell Barney in the Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Arizona Territory
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 and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of William Francis James
History of William Francis James By: Dowayne Delmont Jessop, a Grandson April 23, 2003 Typed by: his daughter, DeeAnn Jessop Fisher William Francis James was born in most humble of circumstances. H …
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