James Stoddart

Brief Life History of James

When James Stoddart was born on 7 April 1842, in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert D Stoddart, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Mariah McElvin McElwain, was 26. He married Marentha Althera Eastham on 21 December 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 30 March 1917, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Stoddart
1842–1917
Marentha Althera Eastham
1850–1900
Marriage: 21 December 1867
James Brewer Stoddart
1870–1938
Mary Jane Stoddart
1872–1952

Sources (18)

  • James Stoddart, "United States Census, 1910"
  • James Stoddart, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • James Stoddart, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Durham and Cumberland) and Scottish (Midlothian and Lanarkshire): variant of Stoddard .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Brief History of Margaret Mariah McElwain

Margaret McElwain was born on the 28th of November of 1815 in Carlisle Cumberland England and died on the 10th of July of 1899 in American Fork, Utah. Her parents were John McElwain and Dinah Henderso …

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