When James Ebenezer Bagnall was born on 21 May 1843, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Cornelius Bagnall, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Sarah Whitear, was 30. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1860.
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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: Sacramento, California, United States
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Bagnall or Bagnall in Alrewas, both in Staffordshire, named with the Old English personal name Badeca, Baduca (from a short form of various compound names with the first element beadu ‘battle’) + Old English halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Hale ) or holt ‘wood’ (see Holt ). In the 16th century the name was taken to Ireland, where it became established in Leinster.
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