When Alfred Best was born on 19 June 1829, in Toddington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Best, was 42 and his mother, Dinah Peart, was 41. He married Margaret Degroot Oakley on 19 June 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 27 June 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Historical Boundaries: 1847: 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
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
English and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English best(e) (Old English betst) ‘best, finest (person)’.
English, northern Irish, and French: nickname from Middle English best(e), Old French beste ‘beast, animal’ (especially those used for food or work), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts, such as a herdsman, or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal. Compare English Bester 1.
English: from a Middle English adverbial expression of the Best, but the meaning is unknown.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesALFRED BEST MISSION TO GREAT BRITAIN Alfred Best was basically called on his mission to Great Britain in April of 1880, left Utah in August 1880, arrived in England in September, serv …
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