Paul Francis Campbell

Brief Life History of Paul Francis

When Paul Francis Campbell was born on 2 March 1893, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Patrick John Campbell, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Cecile Casey, was 18. He married Neuta Phyllis Clinger on 20 April 1931, in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and Boise, Idaho, United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 4 November 1949, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paul Francis Campbell
1893–1949
Neuta Phyllis Clinger
1908–1971
Marriage: 20 April 1931
Peter Dennis Campbell
1937–1978

Sources (21)

  • Paul L Campbell in household of P J Campbell, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Paul F. Campbell, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
  • P F Campbell, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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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. 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.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .

Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .

English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).

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

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