Brief Life History of Henry James
When Henry James Newman was born on 10 September 1828, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Newman Jr, was 36 and his mother, Priscilla Lincoln, was 37. He married Maria Louisa Penn on 30 March 1851, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Saint George Bloomsbury Union, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 23 December 1888, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Newman in household of Joseph Newman, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
- Henry James Newman, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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MARIA LOUISA PENN NEWMAN And HENRY JAMES NEWMAN
Maria Louisa Penn was born July 10, 1829 to family of seventeen. She was the daughter of John Penn and Hannah Brookwell. She was always a delicate child, the family physician advising her parents to …
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