James Mellor

Brief Life History of James

When James Mellor was born on 8 October 1848, in Leicester All Saints, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Mellor, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ann Payne, was 29. He married Eliza Elvira Bartholomew on 24 April 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1856 and lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 17 March 1932, in Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Mellor
1848–1932
Eliza Elvira Bartholomew
1854–1912
Marriage: 24 April 1870
James Henry Mellor
1872–1947
Violet Eliza Mellor
1874–1946
Loie Polly Mellor
1876–1957
Lydia Elvira Mellor
1879–1920
Dora Mellor
1884–1962
Gilbert Lewis Mellor
1886–1942
Joseph Francis Mellor
1888–1966
Benson Mellor
1890–1915
Lueorn Mellor
1894–1895
Luera Mellor
1894–1972
Elgin Payne Mellor
1899–1980
Emma Mellor
1901–

Sources (59)

  • James Mellor Jr., "United States Census, 1930"
  • James Mellor, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • James Mellor and Anna M Larson 1914, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire, West Yorkshire, and Derbyshire, earlier recorded as Melver, and named from ancient British words that are ancestors of Welsh moel ‘bare’ + bre ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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History of James Mellor Jr.

History of James Mellor Jr. By Elva Olsen Anderson The Mellors Through the Years The James Mellor, Sr. family were cared for by the Saints in the Salt Lake Valley for 3 months prior to living in …

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