William Corbett Bancroft

Brief Life History of William Corbett

When William Corbett Bancroft was born on 29 January 1817, in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, his father, William Bancroft, was 31 and his mother, Catharine Corbett, was 28. He married Mary Newham on 27 June 1841, in Breaston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Breaston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 29 March 1883, in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Corbett Bancroft
1817–1883
Mary Newham
1820–1878
Marriage: 27 June 1841
William Newham Bancroft
1842–1901
Catherine Newham Bancroft
1843–1868
Agnes Ann Bancroft
1847–1914

Sources (31)

  • William Bancroft, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • William Bancroft and Mary Newham, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  • William Bancroft, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various minor places called Bancroft, from Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular) + croft ‘paddock, smallholding’.

History: John Bancroft came to MA on board the ‘James’ in 1632.

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

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Headstone of William and Mary Bancroft

Poem inscribed on the headstone of William and Mary Bancroft It is in the past, they are gone, their spirits have fled. And we number them now among those who are dead. The last sigh is breathed, the …

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