Brief Life History of Reuben
When Reuben James was born on 16 June 1841, in Pinvin, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William James, was 33 and his mother, Jane Haynes, was 26. He married Sarah Briggs Allen on 20 February 1878, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He lived in Junction, Piute, Utah, United States in 1900 and Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 15 December 1923, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Ruben James in household of Jane James, "United States Census, 1870"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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