Brief Life History of Hyrum
When Hyrum Healy was born on 23 March 1852, in Pinxton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Healey, was 21 and his mother, Mary Hemingway, was 22. He married Elvira Carson on 25 January 1875, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 27 April 1896, in Highland, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Hyrum Healy, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hyrum Healey - Church record: Passenger or voyage record: birth-name: Hyrum Ely or Eley or Healey or Healy
- Hyrum Healey, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Seamus, Kieran, Liam, Aileen, Brigid, Connor, Aidan, Colm, Conn, Eamonn, John Patrick.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÉilidhe or Ó hÉalaighthe, from a personal name possibly related to the word for ‘claimant’. However, both forms more likely derive from ‘descendant of Éaladhach’, a personal name probably based on the adjective ealadhach ‘learned, ingenious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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I got this information from the James and John Healey History book; which is in the possession of my father: Ephraim was the son of James and Elizabeth Smith Healey, both natives of England. His par …
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