When William Fawcett was born on 28 January 1828, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Fawcett, was 28 and his mother, Emily Hands, was 21. He married Charlotte Andrews before 1868. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 7 April 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
English (northern): habitational name from Fawcett in Grayrigg, Westmorland or Facit in Lancashire, both named from Old English fāg ‘multi-colored’ + sīde ‘slope, hillside’. A further possible source, Forcett in North Yorkshire, is named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’ + sætr ‘shieling’, meaning ‘shieling by a waterfall’.
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