William Eccles

Brief Life History of William

When William Eccles was born on 6 April 1825, in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Eccles, was 51 and his mother, Margaret Miller, was 42. He married Sarah Hutchinson on 16 May 1843, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Eden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 4 December 1903, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Eccles
1825–1903
Sarah Hutchinson
1820–1907
Marriage: 16 May 1843
William Eccles
1844–1845
John Hutchinson Eccles
1846–1914
David Eccles
1849–1912
Stewart Eccles Sr.
1852–1914
Sarah Hutchinson Eccles
1854–1938
Margaret Hutchinson Eccles
1856–1940
William Hutchinson Eccles
1860–1918
Samuel Hutchinson Eccles
1862–1900

Sources (40)

  • William Eccles, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Find A Grave photo with birth and death dates
  • William Eccles, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1841

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from Eccles in Lancashire, or possibly from any of several other places so named in Kent, Norfolk, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from British eglēs ‘Romano-British Christian church’ (from Latin ecclesia, Greek ekklēsia ‘gathering, assembly’). Such places would have been the sites of notable pre-Anglo-Saxon churches or Christian places of communal worship.

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

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Story Highlight

Interview between Royal Eccles and John Hutchison Moyes, 1934

Interview between Royal Eccles [1884-1963, son of David Eccles and Bertha Marie Jensen] [2nd Cousin three times removed from William Hardy Goodman, who is typing this into a readable MS Doc, Septemb …

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