When Thomas Day was born on 2 September 1814, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Day, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Lea, was 23. He married Ann Andrews on 4 April 1836, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 6 January 1893, in Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States.
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English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
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Thomas Day Jr Gender: Male Relationship to Primary Person: Self (Head) Father: Thomas Day Mother: Sarah Lee Day Birth Date: 2 Sep 1814 Birth Place: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England R …
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