Henry Malyon Bridges

Brief Life History of Henry Malyon

When Henry Malyon Bridges was born on 22 March 1803, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Bridges, was 25 and his mother, Jemima Maryon, was 21. He married Sarah Louise Lowe on 25 December 1825, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and London, England in 1881. He died on 18 October 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Malyon Bridges
1803–1882
Sarah Louise Lowe
1802–1864
Marriage: 25 December 1825
Mary Ann Bridges
1830–1893
Sarah Ann Bridges
1832–1839
Susanna Jemima Bridges
1833–1879
Charles Henry Bridges
1835–1913
Thomas Warner Bridges
1837–1840
Sarah Louise Bridges
1839–1921

Sources (35)

  • Henry Bridges, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Henry Bridges, "England Marriages, 1538–1973" (1825 - Marriage of Henry Bridges and Sarah Lowe)
  • Henry M. Bridges, "BillionGraves Index" (1882 - Death of Henry M. Bridges)

World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bridge . The -s generally represents the genitive case, but may occasionally be a plural. In some cases this name denoted someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (Brugge) in Belgium, meaning ‘bridges’, which had extensive trading links with England in the Middle Ages.

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

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BRIDGES, CHARLES HENRY, SR. - JOURNAL

BRIEF HISTORY TAKEN FROM THE JOURNALS HELD BY GRACE B. LEWIS Son of Henry and Sarah Lowe Bridges Born August 9, 1835 in the town of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England At the age of 13 years, I was b …

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