Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Bosnell was born in 1842, in England, United Kingdom, his father, James Warner Bosnell, was 39 and his mother, Eliza Abbey, was 24. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850.
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Sources (2)
- Joseph Bosnell in household of James Bosnell, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph Bosnell, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
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: variant of Bunnell .
Altered form of French Bonnel . This form of the surname is also found in Britain, where it is in part of Huguenot origin.
History: This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with its original form Bonnel in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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