Welcome Ayers Wixom

Female1924–about 1978

Brief Life History of Welcome Ayers

When Welcome Ayers Wixom was born in 1924, in Iowa, United States, her father, Frank Henry Wixom, was 31 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Ayers, was 32. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with William Chris Christopulos. She lived in Clarion, Wright, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Eagle Grove, Wright, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died about 1978, in Utah, United States, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

William Chris Christopulos
1920–1993
Welcome Ayers Wixom
1924–about 1978
Sharon Annette Christopulos Sutton
1944–2013
Kenneth dean Christopulos
1951–2009
Sheryl Jane Christopulos
1959–1959
Michael Christopulos
1962–2023

Sources (9)

  • Welcome A Christopulos, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Welcome Agnes Wixom, "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942"
  • Welcome Ayers Wixom in entry for William Christ Christopulos, "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951"

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Children (4)

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1927

Age 3

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1927 · Land Covered in Dinosaur Fossils

Age 3

The quarry was originally found by sheepherders and cattlemen as they drove their animals through the area. The Department of Geology at the University of Utah soon visited the area and found 800 fossils of a variety of Dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era. Because of the proximity of the site to Cleveland, Utah, and because most of the expeditions were financed by Malcolm Lloyd, the site was later known as the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry. In later years, Princeton college spent three summers at the site. They collected a total of 1,200 bones, part of which were sent back to the school and mounted to complete a full skeleton of an Allosaurus, Utah’s State Fossil. Over the years, excavations led to the collection of more than 12,000 fossils from the quarry. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1965.

1939 · Hill Air Force Base

Age 15

Named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill, Hill Field started as an ill-fated Air Mail experiment. Hoping to be located closer to the Salt Lake City area, the present-day site near Ogden was a clear favorite. In July 1939, Congress gave the green light for the establishment and construction of the Ogden Air Depot. Hill Field officially opened on 7 November 1940. Hill Field officially became Hill Air Force Base after World War II and continued to store and maintain warplanes during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Today the Air Force Base is still in service, but it also has an Aerospace Museum on site where many people visit each year to learn of its history in Northern Utah.

Name Meaning

English: probably an altered form of Wixon (see Wickson ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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