Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Close was born on 19 March 1839, in Box, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Close, was 23 and her mother, Mary Ann Pegler, was 23. She married William Butler on 9 December 1857, in President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 20 April 1872, in Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Butler in household of William Butler, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ellen Close, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard, from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos, from Late Latin clausum, past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place.
English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’, applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person.
Dutch: variant of Cloos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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ELLEN CLOSE BUTLER 1839-1873
ELLEN CLOSE BUTLER 1839 - 1873 Ellen Close was born 19 March 1839 at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, the second child of George Close and Mary Ann Pegler. Ellen’s mother died in November of 1841, …
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