Brief Life History of Dal Hale
When Dal Hale Johnston was born on 30 November 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph H Johnston, was 30 and his mother, Ruby Gladys Hale, was 29. He married Joanne Elizabeth Stewart on 20 October 1947, in Elko, Nevada, United States. He lived in Summit, Utah, United States for about 5 years. He died on 9 June 1997, in Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States.
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- Dail Hale Johnston in household of Joseph H. Johnston, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dal Hale Johnston - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Dal Hale Johnston
- Dal H Johnston, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
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1928 · The Tower Theater
The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1945 · George Albert Smith becomes the Prophet
After the death of Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith became the 8th Prophet of this dispensation.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
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