When Charles Henry John West was born on 12 January 1833, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, John West, was 33 and his mother, Lydia Johnson, was 29. He married Eliza Dangerfield on 25 December 1850, in St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as clerk in store in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 12 October 1906, in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
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