When Melissa Amanda Bromley was born on 1 January 1854, in Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William M Bromley, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Bullimore, was 38. She lived in Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 5 February 1874, in Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Bromley, in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent (now in Greater London), Greater London, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, but Bromley (near Bow) in Greater London is from Old English bræmbel ‘bramble’ + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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