Brief Life History of William
When William Blackhurst was born on 22 June 1807, in Longton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, David Blackhurst, was 42 and his mother, Ellen Harrison, was 40. He married Margaret Stephenson on 22 November 1836, in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1841. He died on 9 September 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Blackhurst, "United States Census, 1860"
- Willm. Blackhurst, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Blackhurst, "England Marriages, 1538–1973" [1836]
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various minor places called Blackhurst (in Cheshire, Shropshire, Kent) or Blackhurst Farm (Cheshire), derived from Old English blæc ‘black, dark’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) black wooded hill’, with the same etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William A Blackhurst
William was among the first converts to the LDS faith when Mormon missionaries first came to England in 1837. When a second missionary expedition came in 1840, this time having many of the Twelve Apos …
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