Brief Life History of Christopher Jones
When Christopher Jones Arthur was born on 9 March 1832, in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Christopher Abel Arthur, was 35 and his mother, Ann Jones, was 34. He married Caroline Eliza Haight on 30 December 1854, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Trevethin, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 13 January 1918, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Cedar City Cemetery, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
- Christopher Arthur, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Christopher, Jr. Arthur, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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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.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah Territory, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish, Irish, English, German, and French: from the ancient Celtic personal name Arthur. The origin of the name is disputed, but it may be derived from the Latin name Artorius, or it may derive from an old Celtic word meaning ‘bear’ (compare Gaelic art, Welsh arth, both of which mean ‘bear’). It has been in regular use as a personal name in Britain since the early Middle Ages, owing its popularity in large part to the legendary exploits of King Arthur, which gave rise to a prolific literature in Welsh, French, English, German, and other languages. In many cases this is a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McArthur , the patronymic Mac- often being dropped in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries under English influence.
West African (Ghana): Anglicized form of the Akan (Fante) name Atta .
History: President Chester Alan Arthur (1830–86) was the son of a VT Baptist preacher, William Arthur (1797–1875), who emigrated from Ballymena in northern Ireland c. 1815.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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