Brief Life History of Elizabeth Caroline
When Elizabeth Caroline Bardsley was born on 20 March 1831, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, her father, Samuel Bardsley, was 40 and her mother, Hannah Slater, was 29. She married Charles Gledhill on 17 April 1859, in At Sea. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Longwood, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 10 February 1889, in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Hannah Bardsly in household of Samuel Bardsly, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- 1836 - Elizabeth Caroline Bardsley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", St. Peter, Oldham, Lancashire, England
- Elizabeth Bardsley in entry for Violet Gledhill Peebles, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
habitational name from Bardsley in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, so named from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Beornrēd (composed of the elements beorn ‘young warrior’ + rǣd ‘counsel, advice’) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
perhaps also a variant of Barnsley, a habitational name from Barnsley in Gloucestershire, since the early records of the placename show variation between spellings in Barnes-, Barndes-, and Bardes-.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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