When William Henry Corbridge was born on 9 August 1844, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward H Corbridge, was 38 and his mother, Alice Parker, was 24. He married Emma Howard 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. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1906. He died on 24 May 1914, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Corbridge in Northumberland, named in late Old English as Corebricg ‘bridge near Corchester’, from a shortened form of Corstopitum, the Celtic name of Corchester + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.
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William 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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