When Emma Howard was born on 31 July 1852, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Howard, was 32 and her mother, Ann Shelton, was 35. She married William Henry Corbridge on 14 February 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Rockland, Power, Idaho, United States in 1950 and World in 1950. She died on 24 April 1953, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWilliam Henry Corbridge was born of noble English parents, August 9, 1844, in Chipping, Lancashire, England. He had eight brothers and sisters with whom he grew up and learned to share joys and sorrow …
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