Brief Life History of Ephraim Hesmer
When Ephraim Hesmer Nye was born on 6 August 1845, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Nye, was 38 and his mother, Charlotte Emline Osborne, was 28. He married Harriet Maria Horspool on 9 February 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He immigrated to Portland, Victoria, Australia in 1852 and lived in Portland, Victoria, Australia in 1852. He died on 15 May 1903, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Ephraim Ney, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Ephraim Nye, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Ephraim Hesmer Nye, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Gold found in Port Phillip.
1861
South Carolina is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’), becoming atte nye. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Nye in Winscombe, Somerset.
English: alternatively, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ee ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa ‘river’), becoming atte nee. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived near a river, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Neigh Bridge in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 聶, see Nie 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography - John Nye (by his granddaughter)
John Nye, Senior My grandfather, John Nye, was born July 12, 1807 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. He was the son of John Nye and Ann Randall Hessiman. He married Charlotte Osborn in Parish of Waterinb …
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