Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Emmett was born on 19 September 1827, in Downham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Emmett, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Boothman, was 37. He married Nancy Hitchon on 24 February 1850, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1883 and lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 1 February 1894, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Emmott in household of John Emmott, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Thomas Emmett, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Emmett, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English female personal name Emmot, an interchangeable pet form of Emma, first introduced into England from France by the Normans, among whom it was extremely popular. Compare Emm .
habitational name from either Emmot near Colne (Lancashire) or Emmett in Bishop's Tawton (Devon). The former is from Old English ēa-gemōt ‘junction of the streams’. The latter is from Old English emnet ‘plain, level ground’, referring to the flat land here.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Memory of Almeda Newman Peery, great-granddaughter
When my great-grandparents, The Emmetts [Thomas Emmett and Nancy Hitchon], were coming across the plains, the pioneers had stopped one night for supper. While they were eating an Indian chief came up …
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