Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Fowler was born on 28 May 1854, in Wood Walton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Fowler, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Dilley, was 22. He married Jane Elizabeth Messervy on 16 January 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870 and Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 19 April 1939, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Fowler in household of Elizabeth Taylor, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel Fowler, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Samuel Fowler, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Crossing the plains
Samuel Fowler was six years old when he sailed with his family from England, in 1860. It took them nine weeks to cross the ocean. The Family went to Omaha where they joined the Horace Eldredge's Ox te …
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