Martin's Cove Rescue Company

Grandpa took these pictures at Martin's Cove. We aren't completely sure if Bingham, J. is Jeremiah Bingham, but we are pretty sure that it is.

Picture of Grandma Bingham

Grandpa used to carry this picture of Grandma in his wallet for 40 years. Grandma is about 17 or 18 in this picture.

Grandpa's Pictures

Grandma and Grandpa with President Benson 1987.

President Bingham with Elder Howard W. Hunter March 1987.

Monroe and Priscilla Bingham Family

My Grandpa Bingham's parents and brothers and sisters:
Blaine, Merrill (Pat), Lee, Jerry, Alpheus, James (Jim), Priscilla, Mondore, Lavinia.
not pictured: Kenneth

Grandma and Grandpa Vandell

These are my Grandma Bingham's parents

Annie Louise Alderman and John VanDell.

Letter from Brigham Young to Erastus Bingham

       This is a letter from Brigham Young to Erastus Bingham dated August 13th, 1853. Erastus was serving as Bishop of the Ogden First Ward and the letter discusses the tithing of the wheat crop of his ward. Erastus Bingham is the great great great grandson of Thomas Bingham (my 8th great grandfather) 1642-1730 who came to the United States in 1649 with his mother. This Thomas Bingham's father, who was also Thomas Bingham, died aboard the ship on the way to America from England.

        Erastus Bingham's family joined the church in 1833. He lived in Kirtland Ohio, Far West, and helped to build the Nauvoo temple. He later traveled to Salt Lake City with other pioneers in 1846. He worked as a homesteader, farmer, and rancher first in Salt Lake and then in Ogden. He served as Bishop for 17 years and also in the govenment as a judge of Weber County, in the legislature, and as a selectman. Bingham's Fort was named for him.

Grandpa Jerry's Cigar Box

I found some things in Grandpa's old cigar box I thought were pretty cool!

On the banks of the Baldensee near Essen Germany 4 July 1953

Wirsbaden Germany 24 May 1952

 

Selective Service Registration

High School Diploma

Seminary Diploma

Utah State Fair 4H Club - Best Six Sugar Beets in the State!

Student Body President and Seminary Barn Dance Picture

State track for pole vault!

Report Card

Payson Utah Cemetery

 

Mary Ann Manwill October 16th, 1864 - October 23rd 1917 and Alpheus Bingham February 19th, 1859 - September 20, 1927

 

Jeremiah Bingham Jr. June 15th, 1806 - May 6th, 1890

Benjamin Utah

  This is the house where Grandpa Jerry was born.

 Benjamin Cemetery

Priscilla Ludlow August 3rd, 1892 - July 18th, 1966 and Monroe Lee Bingham July 23rd, 1890 - November 16,1955

Spes Mea Christus

I recently discovered that the Bingham family as well as a crest also have a family motto. It is Spes Mea Christus. That is Latin for, "Christ is my hope." What a great motto for us as the descendants of a long line of Christians to carry on in our lives.

Origin of the Name Bingham

I did some research on the meaning of the name Bingham and this is what I found.

1. Bing is derived from the Old Norse word bingr meaning stall or manger.There was a family or clan of Bings in England long before the conquest of William the Conqueror in 1066. During this period Britain was divided into hundreds for the purpose of government by King Alfred, with one of these being named Bingham Hundred. There is presently a Bingham settlement eleven miles east of Nottingham, but there is no certainty there is any blood relation between the Binghams of today and the old Saxons who lived at Bingham Manor and throughout the Bingham Hundred.
The Bing part of our last name is norse, but does not necessarily mean that we are of Norse ancestry. The immigrants from Normandy could very well have adopted this name because of their location of the people that lived there before them.

2. Ham is an Old English word meaning village or town. It also signifies an enclosure, that which hems in. these words express the feeling of reverence for private right. It expresses the sanctity of the family bond; it is the home, the one secret and sacred place. It was brought to England by Teutonic colonists, Swabians and Angles of Wurtenberg as they settled England in conjunction with raiding parties on the English coast or a transported colony by order of Charlemagne.

3. The word Ing was also used as a simple suffix in a name. Thus Bingham would mean, "at the Bings" or "at the place where the family of Bings" lives.


variations include: Bingham, Binham, Bingam, Binghame, DeBingham, Bingr, Bingram...