Andrew Raymond Kirby

Brief Life History of Andrew Raymond

When Andrew Raymond Kirby was born on 12 February 1894, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, George Sidney Kirby, was 24 and his mother, Jane M. Phillips, was 26. He married Annie Condie on 1 December 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 25 February 1977, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Raymond Kirby
1894–1977
Annie Condie
1894–1974
Marriage: 1 December 1921
Agnes Anne Kirby
1925–1925

Sources (26)

  • Andrew Raymond Kirby, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Andrew R Hurly, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
  • Andrew R. Kirby, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1896 · Utah becomes a state

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + ‘farmstead, village’.

Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .

Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.

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

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