Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Male was born on 4 July 1828, in Barrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Paul, was 29 and her mother, Eunice Male, was 40. She married George Ford on 15 December 1845, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1877 and lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 9 July 1904, in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Elenor Paull in household of John Paull, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ellen Dabnet Brown, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Ellen Dabnet Brown, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Mael (literally ‘prince’).
English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French mail ‘mallet, club, mace’, or Middle English (Old French) maille ‘ring (of chain mail), armour’, or Old French maille ‘speckle, stain’, or Middle English maille (Old French maaille) ‘coin worth half a penny’, or from a shortened form of Anglo-Norman French amel, Old French esma(i)l ‘enamel’ (compare Mailer ). Any of these terms might have been used to characterize an individual's behaviour, occupation, or appearance.
English: nickname Middle English (Old French) male ‘bag, pouch’, also ‘stomach, belly’, perhaps given to someone who wore a distinctive pouch or bag or who made such bags (compare the Middle English occupational term malemakere), or to someone with a prominent belly.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lizzy Ford Macfarlane
Chapter taken from "To Them It Was Real" Lizzy’s Arrival in St. George As noted in the previous chapter, Ellen Male Ford and her daughters reach New York on September 30, 1877, and arrived at Salt L …
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