When Philip Pugsley was born on 18 December 1822, in Withypool, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Philip Pugsley, was 31 and his mother, Mary Baker, was 32. He married Martha Roach on 28 June 1851, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853 and lived in North Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 7 August 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English (Devon and Somerset): habitational name from a place so called in Warkleigh, Devon. The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Pocg (genitive Pocges) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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Philip Pugsley Philip Pugsley was born Dec. 18, 1822 in the parish of Withypoole, in Somerset England. His parents were Philip Pugsley and Mary Baker. While Philip was working in Bristol England …
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