Brief Life History of James
When James Moyle was born on 31 October 1835, in Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Rowe Moyle, was 27 and his mother, Phillippa Beer, was 19. He married Elizabeth Wood on 22 July 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in St Budeaux, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 8 December 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Moyles, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Moyle, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- James in entry for Wilford Moyle, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
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
1850
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 *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
Name Meaning
Cornish: probably a nickname from Middle Cornish mōl ‘bald’, though its development to Moyl(e) is irregular.
Welsh: nickname from moel ‘bare, bald’, equivalent to Middle Cornish mōl (see 1 above).
English: variant of Mule or Moule .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elizabeth Wood Moyle (1839-1908)
This story was taken from "The Generations of James Moyle" by Evelyn Moyle Nelson. James Moyle went to work on the farm of Daniel Wood near the present sight of Bountiful, Utah, in April of 1856. Th …
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