Brief Life History of William
When William Dall was born on 18 June 1842, in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry David Dall Sr, was 23 and his mother, Rebecca Carrier, was 26. He married Adolphine Conradine Hansen on 1 January 1860, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 21 November 1920, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- William Dall, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Dall - Church record: birth: 10 June 1842; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- William Dall, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
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
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Danish: variant of Dahl .
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps related to Anglo-Saxon deal ‘proud, famous’.
German (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized short form of an Old Slavic personal name based on the element dal, which is from dalje ‘farther’ (see Dallmeyer ) or from dati ‘to give’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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