When Joseph Barnard Sewell was born on 13 November 1819, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Sewell, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Stevens, was 22. He married Emily Ellett on 17 January 1841, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Southtown, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Poplar, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 10 September 1894, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
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from the Middle English personal name Siwal(d), Sewal(d), Old English Sigeweald, from sige ‘victory’ + weald ‘rule(r)’, or the corresponding Old Norse Sigvaldr. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d), from Old English Sǣweald (see Sewall ).
habitational name from one or more places, such as Sewell (Bedfordshire), Seawell (Northamptonshire), Sywell (Northamptonshire), Showell in Steeple Barton (Oxfordshire), Showell in Little Tew (Oxfordshire), or Sowell in Kentisbeare (Devon), all meaning ‘seven springs’ (Old English seofon + wella). Compare Seawell .
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Possible Related NamesBIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH BARNARD SEWELL Joseph Sewell was born 13 November 1819 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England to Joseph and Sarah Stephens Sewell. He had two older sisters, Elizabeth and Sarah …
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