Brief Life History of Alexander Hill
When Alexander Hill Bullock was born on 22 September 1838, in Essa Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Bullock, was 31 and his mother, Mary Currie Hill, was 26. He married Emily Caroline Harris on 9 November 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pleasant Grove Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 6 March 1926, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Alexander Bullock, "United States Census, 1920"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Central Otago Gold Rush
After discovery of gold in Gabriel's Gully, hundreds of miners and precious metal hunters flocked to New Zealand to be a part of the frenzy. This influx of people caused new settlements to pop up and different innovation techniques to begin. After a few years of steady success, the gold began to be more difficult to find. While some stayed, most of the prospectors left until most of the settlements, which they had founded, became Ghost Towns with only a few residents staying around.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): from Middle English bulluc, bullok ‘bullock’ (Old English bulluc), referring to a young bull, probably applied as a nickname for an exuberant young man or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of bullocks.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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