Brief Life History of Henry James
When Henry James Newman was born on 22 July 1853, in Clerkenwell, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry James Newman, was 24 and his mother, Maria Louisa Penn, was 24. He married Josephine Vilate Brown on 25 October 1875, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 16 June 1917, in Bothwell, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Henry J Newman in household of Henry J Newman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Henry James Newman, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Henry James Newman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1855 · London's First Pillar Box
The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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