James Bellamy Farmer

12 June 1825–27 March 1908 (Age 82)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of James Bellamy

When James Bellamy Farmer was born on 12 June 1825, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Farmer, was 23 and his mother, Mary Bellamy, was 31. He married Ann Webster on 21 June 1844. He lived in Nevada, United States in 1870 and Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 27 March 1908, in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Bellamy Farmer
1825–1908
Sarah Ellen Broadbridge
1835–1930
Marriage: 1 December 1856
James Broadbridge Farmer
1857–1923
William Broadbridge Farmer
1859–1925
David Daniel Broadbridge Farmer
1860–1929
Joseph Broadridge Farmer
1864–1896
Hyrum Broadbridge Farmer
1865–1868
George Albert Broadbridge Farmer
1869–1870
Jedidiah Broadridge Farmer
1871–1876

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 December 1856Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

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    World Events (8)

    1830
    Age 5
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 5
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1854 · The Crimean War
    Age 29
    The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name from Middle English fermo(u)r, fermer and Anglo-Norman French fermer (Old French fermier, medieval Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.Americanized form (translation into English) of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered form Therrien . Compare Pharmer .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Terrien
    Farm

    Story Highlight

    The Ellen Maria

    The Church leaders had procured a ship called the Ellen Maria, a small “packer” built in Maine and designed for speed. While it was being outfitted, the 150’ by 33’ ship had to be fitted with addition …

    Sources (42)

    • James D Farmer in household of John Blain Farmer, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • James Farmer in entry for Lorenzo B Farmer and Hattie Simonsen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
    • James Farmer in entry for Wm. Farmer, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

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