Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Brough was born on 22 October 1832, in Longton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Brough, was 46 and his mother, Mary Horleston, was 38. He married Jane Paterson on 9 November 1851, in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and West Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1870, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as brickmaker in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States. He died on 6 May 1882, in Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Porterville Cemetery, Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Brough, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Brough, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Brough, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various English places called Brough or Burgh. See Burgh .
Scottish: habitational name from Brough in Harray (Orkney).
Americanized form of German Brauch or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Samuel Brough and Elizabeth Bott Edited by Ronald Dee Rex, R. Clayton Brough and John M. Brough, June 2004. Updated by R. Clayton Brough in September 2020. Edited from material that origi …
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