Thomas Arnold Jr.

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Arnold Jr. was born on 5 January 1805, in Wolvey, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Arnold Sr., was 23 and his mother, Mary Jaques, was 23. He married Adeline Jerome about 1823, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Bitteswell, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 20 August 1893, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Arnold Jr.
1805–1893
Adeline Jerome
1806–1881
Marriage: about 1823
Thomas Arnold III
1825–1909
Elizabeth Arnold
1833–
William Arnold
1833–1873
John Arnold
1835–1902
Esther Arnold
1836–1923
Harriet Arnold
1838–
Richard James Arnold
1842–1918
James Thomas Arnold
1845–1909
Elizabeth Arnold
1850–

Sources (34)

  • Thomas Arnold, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Esther Arnold, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Thomas Arnold, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.

English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Crossed the plains with the Daniel D. McArthur company in 1868. mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu

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