Virtue Ann Bowthorpe

Brief Life History of Virtue Ann

When Virtue Ann Bowthorpe was born on 28 February 1836, in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Bowthorpe, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Tuttle, was 25. She married Charles Colebrook on 1 January 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 28 January 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Holladay Memorial Park, Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Preston King Lewis Sr
1839–1913
Virtue Ann Bowthorpe
1836–1926
Marriage: 4 January 1856
David William Lewis
1858–1860
Preston King Lewis Jr
1859–1948
George Siney Lewis
1862–1871
Virtue Ann Lewis
1864–1948
Marion Tuttle Lewis
1867–1869
Mahallia Arminta Lewis
1870–1948
Franklin Trail Lewis
1872–1954
Emeretta Lewis
1874–1876
Ira Allen Lewis
1877–1948

Sources (29)

  • Virtue Ann Lewis in household of Preston Lewis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Virtus Ann Bowthorpe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Virtue Anne Lewis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bowthorpe (Norfolk). The placename derives from Old English boga or Old Norse bogi ‘bow, arch’ (probably referring to a bend in the river Yare) + Old English or Old Norse thorp ‘secondary settlement, outlying farmstead’.

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

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Preston King Lewis

Preston Lewis Biography Contributed ByDevinLewisMcFarlane·2013-03-30 15:18:33 GMT+0000 (UTC)·0 Comments Life Overview Preston King Lewis was born in Franklin, Kentucky, on November 15, 1839. He …

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