Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Birkenhead was born on 11 September 1805, in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Birkenhead, was 37 and her mother, Frances 'Fanny' Simpson, was 32. She married John Snailham on 22 April 1837, in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 22 July 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Frances Birkenhead, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Fanny Snellum, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Fanny Snellum, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: locative name from Birkenhead (Cheshire).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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