William Bell Barton

Brief Life History of William Bell

When William Bell Barton was born on 21 July 1836, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Barton, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Bell, was 21. He married Ellen Birchall on 13 March 1860, in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Eccleston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 1 October 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Bell Barton
1836–1923
Ellen Birchall
1835–1918
Marriage: 13 March 1860
William John Barton
1862–1948
Frederick Birchall Barton
1863–1924
Frank Barton
1865–1946
Eva Barton
1867–1961
Belle Barton
1868–1963
Brigham Birchall Barton
1871–1926
Faith Barton
1873–1873
Oscar Barton
1874–1875
Matilda Barton
1877–1957
Noah Barton
1878–

Sources (112)

  • William Barton in household of John Barton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • William Barton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • William Bell Barton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.

Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.

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

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HYRUM B. BARTON, A History

Hyrum B. Barton was born at St. Helens, Lancashire, England, June 13, 1852, a son of John and Elizabeth Bell Barton. He was the youngest boy of a family seven boys and two girls, consisting of: twin b …

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