When John Henry Worsley was born on 10 April 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, John Worsley, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Hamer, was 29. He married Diantha Billings on 31 October 1877, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 6 August 1921, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from Worsley in Lancashire or Worsley Farm in Rock (Worcestershire). The Lancashire placename may derive from an Old English personal name Weorcgȳth (genitive Weorcgȳthes) + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Worcestershire placename may take its name from a lost stream-name Worf + Old English lēah.
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