Brief Life History of James
When James Birch, Sr was born on 21 March 1828, in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Birch, was 39 and his mother, Phoebe Craddock, was 41. He married Mary Ann Hale on 12 April 1847, in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 17 September 1856, in Big Sandy, Sublette, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Wyoming, United States.
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- James Birch in household of William Birch, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Birch, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- James Birch, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce, byrce ‘birch’, Middle High German birche, Old Danish birk). In some cases the German and English name may be derived from any of the places called with this word, such as Birch in Aargau (see Birke ) or Birch in Essex. In Swedish, the name is in many instances ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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James Birch-Death on the Trail
James' Borther Richard had made the journey from England to Utah a few years earlier and no doubt was an influence on James and his family joining them. James 38 at the time brought his wife Mary Ann …
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