When William Bringhurst was born on 8 November 1818, in Passyunk Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Bringhurst, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Evans, was 30. He married Ann Wollerton Dilworth on 25 March 1845, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Iron, Utah, United States in 1850 and Iron City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 17 February 1883, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English and Scottish: habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, England, called Bringhurst. This was named in Old English with Brȳninga + hyrst ‘wooded hill’, i.e. ‘wooded hill on lands associated with someone called Brȳni’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
The Life of Sarah Ann Gee Tuckett By Leora Morton Gertsch Collins Ward (great grand-daughter) Sarah Ann Gee was born 18 August 1844 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was Noah Gee who was born …
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