When James Commander was born on 28 October 1820, in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Commander, was 42 and his mother, Dorothy Fenwick, was 39. He married Mary Brough on 12 October 1850, in Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Chester, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 14 July 1902, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Spring City Cemetery, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
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English: from Middle English comander, comando(u)r ‘leader, ruler’, probably applied as a nickname, although it may also derived from Old French comandeor, denoted the officer in charge of a commandery, for example of the Knights Templars, and in this sense it would have been an occupational or status name.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Kommander: cognate of 1 above, perhaps used instead of Hoffmann .
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Possible Related NamesJames Commander Individual Information Birth Date 28 October 1820 Death Date 14 July 1902 Gender male from England Companies Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)Age at departure: 35 Sources "Em …
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