Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Oldham was born on 15 December 1840, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Oldham, was 27 and her mother, Maria Heap, was 23. She married William Crowther Mitton on 26 January 1864, in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States for about 30 years. She died on 21 March 1920, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Alice Oldham in household of Jno Oldham, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Alice Oldham Mitten, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Oldham in entry for Efsie Mitton Norman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald ‘old’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island, water meadow’.
History: Colonist and trader John Oldham was born in Lancashire, England, c. 1600 and emigrated to North America in 1623, arriving at Plymouth, MA, in July on the ship Anne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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