Samuel Corbett

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Corbett was born on 19 October 1835, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States, his father, Daniel Dewey Corbett, was 28 and his mother, Elmira Bangs Wright, was 24. He married Camilla Dorothy Jacobsen on 2 October 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 17 January 1902, in Francis, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Corbett
1835–1902
Camilla Dorothy Jacobsen
1840–1908
Marriage: 2 October 1860
Samuel Corbett
1863–1866
Marion Leroy Corbett Sr.
1864–1943
Elmira Viola Corbett
1866–1867
Annie Camilla Corbett
1869–1929
Walter Nelson Corbett
1872–1873
Sophie Lenora Corbett
1874–1929
Francis Lafayette Corbett
1876–1922
Stella Cornelia Corbett
1879–1918
Mary Emily Corbett
1881–1972
Florence Romania Corbett
1883–1937
Thadeous Fernand Corbett
1885–1928

Sources (55)

  • Samuel Corbitt in household of Daniel Corbitt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Samuel Corbett, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: 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

1857

Historical Boundaries: 1857: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands, of Norman origin): nickname from Old French corbet ‘raven’, probably denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.

History: This is the name of a family descended from Hugh Corbet, a Norman baron who settled in Shropshire following the Norman Conquest. One of his descendants, Sir Richard Corbet, was granted land near Shrewsbury in 1223; since the 13th century, this place has been known as Moreton Corbet. The name was taken from Shropshire to Scotland in the 12th century and to northern Ireland in the 17th century, and thence to North America by at least one group of bearers of the name.

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

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A Danish Immigrant's Sacrifice - Camilla Dorothy Jacobsen Corbett

The following is an account written by Camilla Dorthea Jacobsen Corbett’s son Marion LeRoy Corbett. It is theclosest to a “Source Document” we have on her life. Parts in italics were written in July …

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