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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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.
Possible Related NamesColledge, 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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