Henry David Dall Sr

Brief Life History of Henry David

When Henry David Dall Sr was born on 22 April 1819, in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Dall, was 33 and his mother, Ann Morris, was 32. He married Rebecca Carrier on 29 April 1839, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1855 and lived in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England in 1851 and Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 8 May 1876, in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry David Dall Sr
1819–1876
Rebecca Carrier
1815–1896
Marriage: 29 April 1839
Henry David Dall Jr
1839–1918
Cassie Catherine Dall
1855–1855
William Dall
1842–1920
Elizabeth Ann Dall
1844–1938
Mary Ann Dall
1847–1892
Sarah Ann Dall
1849–1939
James Dall
1851–1852
Rebecca Fannie Dall
1853–1941
Diana Dall
1858–1859

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  • Henry Dall, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Henry David Dall, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Henry Dall, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

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.

Name Meaning

Danish: variant of Dahl .

German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps related to Anglo-Saxon deal ‘proud, famous’.

German (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized short form of an Old Slavic personal name based on the element dal, which is from dalje ‘farther’ (see Dallmeyer ) or from dati ‘to give’.

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

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