Brief Life History of William Gill
When William Gill Saunders was born on 6 February 1844, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Gimbert Saunders, was 25 and his mother, Phoebe Merrill, was 26. He married Karen Marie Mortensen on 14 February 1864, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 December 1879, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- William Saunder in household of William Saunders, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- William Gill Saunders, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
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 (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM GIL SAUNDERS
William Gil Saunders was born 6 June 1844 to William Gimbert and Phoebe Merrill Saunders in Soham, Cambridgeshire,England. His father, William Gimbert became an apprentice to his father, Ch …
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