Joshua James Middleton

Brief Life History of Joshua James

When Joshua James Middleton was born on 16 January 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, William Middleton, was 39 and his mother, Mary Heady Butler, was 39. He died on 30 January 1853, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 3, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Middleton
1810–1889
Mary Heady Butler
1810–1884
Reuben Middleton
1832–1840
Charles Franklin Middleton
1834–1915
Mary Ann Middleton
1836–1837
Rachel Jane Middleton
1838–1890
Lucinda Middleton
1841–1847
Joseph Middleton
1844–1853
William Middleton
1847–1853
Joshua James Middleton
1850–1853
Louiza Minerva Middleton
1853–1854

Sources (5)

  • JOSHUA JAMES MIDDLETON, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Joshua James Middleton, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
  • Joshua James Middleton, "BillionGraves Index"

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’ (see Middlebrook ). Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄thhyll (from gem̄th ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin. This surname is also found in Scotland and Ireland.

History: A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681. The name has also been established in Ireland since at least the 13th century; its presence was reinforced by settlers in the 17th century.

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

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Life Story of William Middleton

William Middleton -- frontiersman, pioneer and patriarch; born May 24, 1810, in St. Clair County, Illinois; died in Ogden, Utah, February 15, 1889. He was the youngest child of Reuben Middleton and El …

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