Benjamin Clegg Jr

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Clegg Jr was born on 29 April 1857, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Clegg, was 30 and his mother, Grace McIntyre, was 32. He married Anna Jane Williams on 19 December 1888, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Gentile Valley, Oneida, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Grace, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 4 February 1935, in Grace, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Grace Cemetery, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Clegg Jr
1857–1935
Anna Jane Williams
1865–1919
Marriage: 19 December 1888
Benjamin Orson Clegg
1889–1945
Robert Williams Clegg
1892–1963
Joseph Clegg
1894–1961
Donald Willard Clegg
1897–1983
William Dale Clegg
1900–1981
Anna Louetta Clegg
1906–1992

Sources (43)

  • Benjamin Clegg in household of Joseph Clegg, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Benjamin Clegg, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Benjamin Clegg, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1867

End of transportation to Western Australia.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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Donald Willard Clegg History

A History of DONALD WILLARD CLEGG, son of Benjamin Clegg and Anna Jane Williams Compiled by his wife, Lucile Croxall Clegg This is a beautiful little valley, rather long and wide enough to accommoda …

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