William Edward Corbridge

Brief Life History of William Edward

When William Edward Corbridge was born on 9 July 1847, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Corbridge Jr, was 39 and his mother, Ellen Parker, was 30. He married Elizabeth Jane Lee on 21 November 1870, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in United States in 1880 and Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 10 September 1929, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Edward Corbridge
1847–1929
Elizabeth Jane Lee
1854–1929
Marriage: 21 November 1870
Mary Elizabeth Corbridge
1871–1957
William Henry Corbridge
1874–1940
George Heber Corbridge
1877–1967
Emma Ellen Corbridge
1879–1942
John Edward Corbridge
1881–1948
Sarah Alice Corbridge
1883–1931
Joseph Lee Corbridge
1885–1933
Lillian Lee Corbridge
1887–1887
Ada Lee Corbridge
1894–1993

Sources (35)

  • William W Corbridge, "United States Census, 1910"
  • William E. Corbridge, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Wm E Cambridge in entry for Mary Elizabeth Davis, "Idaho, Jefferson Star, County Cemetery Records, 1800-2000"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Historical Boundaries 1863: Idaho, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Ada, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Ada, Idaho, United States Notes:

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Corbridge in Northumberland, named in late Old English as Corebricg ‘bridge near Corchester’, from a shortened form of Corstopitum, the Celtic name of Corchester + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.

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

Story Highlight

William E. Corbridge-Musician

The first to furnish music in Franklin, Idaho, were violin players Isaac Vail and Dabner “Dabney” Keel. William Hill of Richmond played the accordion and John Corbridge (William's brother) was the dan …

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