Brief Life History of James Thomas
When James Thomas Arnold was born on 13 January 1845, in Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Arnold Jr., was 40 and his mother, Adeline Jerome, was 38. He married Nicolena Nielsen on 7 March 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 27 August 1909, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Arnold, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Arnold, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Arnold, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Boy Kallen BIRTH unknown DEATH 3 Aug 1853 BURIAL Murray City Cemetery Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA PLOT 08 032 6 MEMORIAL ID 59154
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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