Brief Life History of John Thomas
When John Thomas Corbridge was born on 21 October 1882, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Corbridge, was 38 and his mother, Emma Howard, was 30. He married Mary Ellen Stevenson on 21 September 1905, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States for about 5 years and Santa Monica Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years. He died on 17 October 1949, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 66.
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- John Thomas Corbridge, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- John Thomas Corbridge, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- John T Corbridge, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Corbridge in Northumberland, named in late Old English as Corebricg ‘bridge near Corchester’, from a shortened form of Corstopitum, the Celtic name of Corchester + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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