Joseph Pollard

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Pollard was born on 23 November 1819, in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Pollard, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Thrasher, was 43. He married Mary Ann Bailey on 21 September 1845, in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1855. He died on 21 February 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Pollard
1819–1890
Mary Ann Bailey
1821–1895
Marriage: 21 September 1845
Mary Ann Pollard
1846–1930
Louisa Pollard
1848–1928
Lydia Ann Pollard
1852–1940
Joseph James Pollard
1854–1854
Elizabeth Pollard
1857–1933
Lovinia Pollard
1860–1896
Alice Pollard
1862–1950
Benjamin Pollard
1864–1864
Grace Bailey Pollard
1867–1955

Sources (102)

  • 1860 CENSUS: UT Territory, Salt Lake Co., Great Salt Lake City, Joseph Polland, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
  • Joseph Pollard, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

English:

perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English pollard, a derivative of the Middle English verb poll ‘to clip’ or the noun poll ‘the head’. It may have denoted someone with a close‐cropped head or a big head.

from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Pollard, a pet form of Paul (Old French Pol). The surname has been established in both England and Ireland since the 13th century.

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

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History of Joseph Pollard from Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 1 Biographies Elias Morris Pollard, Joseph, sixth Bishop of the fifteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, was born at Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England, …

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