Brief Life History of Wilbur Franklin
When Wilbur Franklin McKenzie was born on 3 September 1893, in Bloomfield, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, his father, Murdock McKenzie, was 32 and his mother, Alice Mitchell, was 27. He married Minnie Jenette Nelson on 23 May 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in United States in 1935 and Daniels Election Precinct, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 26 March 1975, in Daniel, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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- Wilber K McKenzie, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wilbur Franklin Mckenzie, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Wilbur Franklin McKenzie, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1915 · Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnich, a patronymic from the personal name Coinneach meaning ‘comely’, Anglicized as Kenneth. Compare the Irish form McKinney 2. The Scottish spelling with -z- indicates palatalization of the -n- (compare Menzies ).
History: This is the name of a Scottish Highland clan, historically associated with the mountainous district of Kintail in nortwestern Scotland, with Cromarty, and with Loch Seaforth (Loch Shiphoirt) on the Island of Harris.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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