Thirza Mahala Bunting

24 January 1849–21 July 1927 (Age 78)
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Thirza Mahala

When Thirza Mahala Bunting was born on 24 January 1849, in Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jacob Edward Gresham Bunting, was 25 and her mother, Mary Steward, was 20. She married James William Watson about 14 June 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Northwold, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Socorro, New Mexico, United States in 1885. She died on 21 July 1927, in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James William Watson
1848–1935
Thirza Mahala Bunting
1849–1927
Marriage: about 14 June 1869
Reuben James Watson
1870–1949
John Hutchinson Watson
1872–1954
Pricilla Elizabeth Watson
1874–1884
Mary Ellen Watson
1876–1961
Ida May Watson
1879–1945
Ambrose Lorenzo Watson
1881–1968
Arthur William Watson
1883–1895
Edward Webster Watson
1886–1887
Mabel Watson
1887–1964
Thirza Mahala Watson
1888–1982
Platt Ellis Watson
1892–1950

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 14 June 1869Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1854 · The Crimean War
    Age 5
    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.
    1863
    Age 14
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 21
    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 and Scottish: nickname from Middle English bunting ‘corn bunting’, perhaps used of a short, plump person. Compare Bunt and Scots buntin ‘short and thick’, Welsh bontin ‘rump’, bontinog ‘large-buttocked’.History: Sarah Bunting (1686–1762), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, became a noted Quaker minister in Cross Wicks, NJ. It is believed but not certain that other members of her family, including her father, John Bunting, came with her to NJ sometime before 1704, when her marriage to William Murfin is recorded.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Bunt
    Bunten
    Buntin
    Buntyn
    Buntain
    Bunton

    Sources (31)

    • Thirza M Bunting in household of Edward Bunting, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
    • Thirza Bunting in entry for Mabel Watson Johnson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Thirza M Watson in household of James W Watson, "United States Census, 1920"

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