Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph Bidwell was born on 20 December 1860, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. He married Susan Maria Wheeler on 2 March 1889, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870 and Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 January 1937, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Penrod in household of Oliver Penrod, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph Bidwell, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- Joseph Bidwell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1862
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bedwell (Essex, Hertfordshire), Bedlar's Green (Essex), Bidwell (Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Devon, Somerset), or Biddles Farm (Buckinghamshire), all of which were named as ‘the spring or stream in a shallow valley’ from Old English bydewelle (composed of the elements byde(n) ‘tub’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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