Brief Life History of Donna Ruth
When Donna Ruth Bytheway was born on 28 July 1918, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, her father, Wilford Kendrick Bytheway, was 23 and her mother, Eunice Agnes Henderson, was 21. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 29 August 2005, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Donna Bytheway in household of Wilford K Bytheway, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Bytheway, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Donna R Bytheway, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) road' (Middle English wei, Old English weg ‘road’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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