Brief Life History of William Vaun
When William Vaun Fotheringham was born on 6 April 1826, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Fotheringham, was 36 and his mother, Charlotte Gentle, was 37. He married Elizabeth Hardy on 9 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 2006. He died on 27 February 1913, in Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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- William Fatheringham, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Fotheringham, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Fotheringham near Forfar, a place which takes its name from a corruption of the name of a family who migrated to Angus from Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire, which was held in the 12th century by the royal family of Scotland as part of the honor of Huntingdon. The Northamptonshire place appears in Domesday Book as Fodringeia, probably from Old English fōdring ‘grazing’ (a derivative of fōdor ‘fodder’) + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. In the case of the Scottish place, the final element was replaced by -hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Fotheringham
WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM William Fotheringham was born on April 5, 1826 at Clackmannan, Scotland, the son of John Fotheringham and Charlotte Gentle. He was baptized in November 1847 by Elder John Sha …
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