Joseph Henry Colledge

Brief Life History of Joseph Henry

When Joseph Henry Colledge was born on 23 May 1850, in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Thomas Hames, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Lewis, was 25. He married Eleanor Jones on 21 June 1869, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 20 August 1936, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Henry Colledge
1850–1936
Eleanor Jones
1850–1929
Marriage: 21 June 1869
Joseph Almer Colledge
1870–1871
Catherine Eunice Colledge
1872–1873
Ellenor Colledge
1873–1957
Elizabeth Colledge
1875–1951
Violet Aden Colledge
1877–1943
Evan James Colledge
1879–1937
Charles Thomas Colledge
1881–1938
Esther Ann Colledge
1883–1945
Lester Benjamin Colledge
1885–1963
Victoria Colledge
1887–1950
John E. Colledge
1889–1938
Myrtle Colledge
1892–1936

Sources (39)

  • Joseph College, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph H. Colledge, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Joseph in entry for Joseph Palmer Coledge, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867

The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Midlands and northern England): habitational name from Colwich in Staffordshire, named from Old English col ‘(char)coal’ + wīc ‘building’. The name has become associated with the familiar word college.

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

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Joseph Henry Colledge-People and their place in the History of Lehi

Colledge, Joseph Henry Joseph H. Colledge, son of Joseph T.H. and Elizabeth Lewis Colledge, born May 23, 1850 in Tredegar, South Wales. He crossed the ocean with his parents in the old sailing vessel …

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