When Joseph Barney Sewell was born on 5 October 1843, in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Barnard Sewell, was 23 and his mother, Emily Ellett, was 27. He married Nancy Melissa Wilson on 26 April 1864, in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Poplar, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 26 November 1891, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
English:
from the Middle English personal name Siwal(d), Sewal(d), Old English Sigeweald, from sige ‘victory’ + weald ‘rule(r)’, or the corresponding Old Norse Sigvaldr. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d), from Old English Sǣweald (see Sewall ).
habitational name from one or more places, such as Sewell (Bedfordshire), Seawell (Northamptonshire), Sywell (Northamptonshire), Showell in Steeple Barton (Oxfordshire), Showell in Little Tew (Oxfordshire), or Sowell in Kentisbeare (Devon), all meaning ‘seven springs’ (Old English seofon + wella). Compare Seawell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920) Joseph L. Sewell, a wholesale dealer in hides and tallow at Boise, comes to this state from Utah, his birth ha …
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