When Ellen Oldham was born on 1 October 1847, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Oldham, was 34 and her mother, Maria Heap, was 30. She married Isaac Danford Bickmore on 1 January 1866, in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. In 1880, at the age of 33, her occupation is listed as keep house. She died on 5 January 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States.
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English (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald ‘old’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island, water meadow’.
History: Colonist and trader John Oldham was born in Lancashire, England, c. 1600 and emigrated to North America in 1623, arriving at Plymouth, MA, in July on the ship Anne.
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"Ellen Oldham was born in Bury, Lancashire, England 1 Oct. 1847. She was the sixth of ten children of John and Maria Heap Oldham. Her parents were native to the Lancashire area having been born and ma …
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