Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Bennett was born on 20 June 1833, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Bennett, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Westwood, was 28. She married Edward William Darnley on 5 September 1853, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1860 and lived in Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 February 1889, in Lost River, Butte, Idaho, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Helen Bennett in household of Thomas Bennett, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ellen Bennett, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Bennett in the West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935. Ancestry.com.
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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In an excerpt from a paper her son in law Josiah Edwin Hickman wrote titled The Banishment of the Mormon People, he mentions his mother in law: "My own wife's widowed mother, peace be to her memory, w …
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