Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Corbridge was born on 9 August 1844, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward 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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- Wm H Corbrage in household of Ed H Corbrage, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Corbridge, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of the Life of William Henry Corbridge (written by Welden C. Roberts)
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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