When Sophia Clifton was born on 14 November 1843, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Clifton, was 38 and her mother, Mary Matilda BLANCHARD, was 31. She married Charles Godfrey Jr. on 21 February 1862, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Stoke Newington St Mary, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 16 February 1878, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Boy Kallen BIRTH unknown DEATH 3 Aug 1853 BURIAL Murray City Cemetery Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA PLOT 08 032 6 MEMORIAL ID 59154
English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
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Possible Related NamesA Short History of SOPHIA CLIFTON GODFREY by Mary C. Groom, daughter Sophia Clifton was born in England on the 14 Nov. 1843. She cane to Utah with her parents in the early 1850’s. Grandfather and …
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