Henry James Newman

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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Family Time Line

Henry James Newman
1853–1917
Josephine Vilate Brown
1858–1917
Marriage: 25 October 1875
Mary Maria Newman
1876–1959
David Henry Newman
1878–1879
Joseph Jubilee Newman
1880–1969
Margaret Pearl Newman
1882–1962
Frederick James Newman
1884–1965
William Brown Newman
1887–1936
Earl Brown Newman
1888–1961
Effie May Newman
1891–1899
Jefferson Brown Newman
1893–1969
Florence Brown Newman
1896–1979
Dan Newman
1898–1898
Newman
1898–1898
Ernest Brown Newman
1900–1973

Sources (51)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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