Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Beazer was born on 21 October 1856, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Mark Beazer, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Hodges, was 31. He married Catherine Ellen Walker on 22 October 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 December 1928, in Roy, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- William Beyer in household of Mark Beyer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Henry BEAZER - birth: 21 October 1856; Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States
- William Henry Beazer, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870
Historical Boundaries 1870: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Wiltshire): of Norman origin, probably a variant of Belcher , in which the diphthong in Middle English Beucher or Beusire has been simplified to produce Be(a)ser.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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