Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Beitler was born on 25 December 1816, in Eagle, Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Beitler, was 36 and her mother, Anna Longacre, was 32. She married Samuel Bringhurst Sr on 12 April 1838, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 29 July 1888, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ruthven Palmer Bringhurst in household of Franklin Palmer Bringhurst, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Eleanor Brighurst, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Eleanor Brethlen in entry for Robert P Bringhurst, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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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.
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.
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
German:
variant of Beutler .
from an ancient Germanic personal name related to Old High German wīt ‘far’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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