Brief Life History of Howard Brockbank
When Howard Brockbank Bushnell was born on 12 January 1865, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, John B Bushnell, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Brockbank, was 26. He married Mary Elizabeth Labrum on 26 January 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Millard, Utah, United States in 1935 and Meadow Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 28 November 1947, in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Meadow Cemetery, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Howard B Bushnell, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Howard B. Bushnell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Howard B Bushnell, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bushnells Green in Bucklebury (Berkshire), early recorded as Bushenell or Busshendhill.
History: Francis Bushnell came to New Haven, CT, in 1639, and was a founder of Guilford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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ELIZABETH BROCKBANK BUSHNELL Her Life Story from the Bushnell Clarion, excerpts from her Autobiography recorded by her granddaughter, Edith Loretta Bushnell Taft (ELBT), and, Section V, of History & Genealogy of Isaac Brockbank, Sr by Inez B. Allred
Elizabeth Brockbank Bushnell was born 8 NOVEMBER 1839 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England to Isaac and Elizabeth Mainwaring Brockbank. She was the second child in a family of seven children; four boy …
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