Brief Life History of Robert Newton
When Robert Newton Egbert was born on 23 September 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Teasdale Egbert, was 26 and his mother, Mary Caroline Allred, was 19. He married Josephine Hannah Rebecca McCosker on 1 November 1868, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Grace, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 9 January 1930, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Robert Egbert in household of William Walker, "United States Census, 1850"
- U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963: Robert Newton Egbert
- Robert Newton Egbert, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
North German: from the personal name Egbert, composed of the ancient Germanic elements agi(l) ‘point, edge (of a sword)’ + berht ‘bright, famous’.
English (Devon): from the Middle English personal name Egbert (Old English Ecgbeorht, from ecg ‘sword’ + beorht ‘bright’). The present name in Britain usually appears to be of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above), cognate with the English one, as the medieval name may not have survived.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Kaysville History found in "Tullidge's Histories, Volume II"
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