Ellen Briggs was born on 4 November 1806, in Downham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She married George Douglass on 1 September 1827, in Downham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Virgin, Kane, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 February 1888, in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Virgin Cemetery, Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
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