Brief Life History of William James
When William James Baldwin was born on 7 January 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Caleb Clark Baldwin, was 26 and his mother, Ann Eliza Robinson, was 24. He married Mary Frances Bell on 1 April 1865, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska, United States in 1885. In 1880, at the age of 36, his occupation is listed as teamster. He died on 27 February 1908, in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Monroe City Cemetery, Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- W J Baldwin, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.
Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.
History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of William James Baldwin William James Baldwin was the third child of Caleb Clark Baldwin and Ann Eliza Robinson. He was born 7 January 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Caleb and Ann wer …
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