Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Fenn was born on 16 July 1841, in Billington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Fenn, was 22 and his mother, Jane Andrews, was 21. He married Martha Isabelle Billingsley on 25 September 1864, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 18 April 1885, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Fenn in household of Mary Andrews, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Thomas Fenn, "BillionGraves Index"
- Thos Fenn in entry for Arch G Fenn and Margaret Wilder, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name in south-east England for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, from Middle English fen(ne) ‘fen, marsh’ (Old English fenn).
South German: topographic name from Old High German fenni, Middle Low German and Old Frisian fenne ‘bog’. Compare Fehn .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 馮, see Feng 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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