Grace Broadbent

11 June 1836–18 February 1924 (Age 87)
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Grace

When Grace Broadbent was born on 11 June 1836, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Broadbent, was 25 and her mother, Mary Greenwood, was 25. She married Jesse Easters Murphy on 28 April 1857, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Wilford, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 18 February 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Easters Murphy
1832–1916
Grace Broadbent
1836–1924
Marriage: 28 April 1857
Jesse Emanuel Murphy
1858–1860
William Francis Murphy
1860–1917
Mark Murphy
1862–1954
Charles Howard Murphy
1865–1941
Mary Etta Murphy
1866–1953
Louise B. Murphy
1869–1956
Grace Viola Murphy
1872–1878
Joseph Murphy
1874–1874
Hyrum Murphy
1874–1959
Alice Maud Murphy
1877–1963
Samuel Lester Murphy
1880–1886
Lester Murphy
1886–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 April 1857St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
    Age 6
    The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
    1846
    Age 10
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
    Age 23
    The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

    Name Meaning

    English (northern): habitational name from a minor place in Lancashire, near Oldham, named Broadbent, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (see Broad ) + beonet ‘bent grass’.English: occasionally a variant of B roadbelt, from Middle English brod, brad ‘wide, broad’ + belt ‘belt, girdle’, used for a stout man, i.e. someone who wore a ‘broad belt’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Broad

    Sources (44)

    • Grace Murphy in household of Jessie E Murphy, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Grace Broadbent in entry for Jepe Easters Murphy, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
    • Grace in entry for Joseph Murphy, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

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