Brief Life History of Walter Isaac
When Walter Isaac Clegg was born on 18 December 1848, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, his father, William Clegg, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Oates, was 20. He married Deborah Wing Smith on 5 September 1875, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Clark, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 28 November 1928, in Dubois, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Dubois, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Walter I Clegg, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Walter Isaac Clegg, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- J. Clegg, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1870 · 1870 United States Federal Population Census
1870 United States Federal Population Census; population 995
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Clegg, from Old Norse kleggi ‘haystack’, originally the name of a nearby hill. Alternatively, a nickname from Middle English clege and Older Scots cleg, gleg ‘gadfly, horsefly’ (Old Norse kleggi), presumably for an irritating person. The name was taken to Ulster in the early 18th century.
Manx: variant of Clague , which in Lancashire and Cumbria have occasionally been absorbed into Clegg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The History of Walter Isaac Clegg, Sr., Wlater Isaac Clegg, Jr., 9 Jan 1950, ---- A brief history of my father, Walter Isaac Clegg, Sr., being born on the 18th …
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