When William Walter Cherry was born on 30 August 1847, in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, his father, Ebenezer Griffin Cherry Sr, was 32 and his mother, Susannah Evertson, was 33. He married Sarah Abigail Petty on 5 January 1871, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Silver Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 February 1915, in Grace, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
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English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .
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