Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Toyn was born on 23 October 1847, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Toyn, was 24 and his mother, Frances Harriet Porcher, was 24. He married Harriet Porcher in 1870, in Elko, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1859 and lived in Upwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Elko, Nevada, United States in 1900. He died on 26 September 1923, in Jiggs, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States.
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- Charles Toyn, "United States Census, 1920"
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1856
Nevada is the 36th state.
1869
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Elko, Nevada, United States
Name Meaning
English: see Town .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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Bermuda Survivors
Charles Toyn, Sr. was a member of the Queen's Guard in England and was sent to Bermuda Island as a prison warder (guard) about 1854/5. He brought with him his wife, Frances Harriet Porcher Toyn and tw …
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