Brief Life History of Charles William
When Charles William Penrose was born on 4 February 1832, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Penrose Jr., was 33 and his mother, Matilda Sims, was 27. He married Lucetta Stratford on 21 January 1855, in Maldon, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 12 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868. He died on 16 May 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Charles Penrose in household of Matilda Penrose, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Chas W Penrose, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" 1878
- Chas W Penrose in entry for Frank W Penrose, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1834 · Removal of Menagerie from the Tower of London
The royal menagerie was something more of a zoo with different types of animals and was removed from the tower in 1835.
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.
1859 · Big Ben
Big Ben is the name of the bell that is inside the clock tower. It is one of the most famous landmarks in London. The famous ringing from Big Ben is the result of it cracking four months after opening.
Name Meaning
Cornish and Welsh: habitational name from any of the places called Penrose or Penrhos: twelve in Cornwall, one in Devon, several in Wales, and one in Herefordshire near the Welsh border. The Cornwall and Devon placenames derive from Middle Cornish pen ros ‘hill's end’ (pen ‘head, top, end; promontory’, ros ‘promontory, hill spur’). The Herefordshire and Wales placenames have the same meaning, derived from the Welsh elements which correspond to Middle Cornish pen + ros.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Stories about Charles William Penrose, from the Clark family and others
[Note: These are excerpts from Clark family records, and other sources, concerning Charles William Penrose, who was the LDS Missionary who taught the Gospel to the family of Daniel and Elizabeth Gowe …
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