Rhoda Jane Wolfinger

Brief Life History of Rhoda Jane

When Rhoda Jane Wolfinger was born on 22 December 1884, in Iowa, United States, her father, William Jacob Wolfinger, was 23 and her mother, Amanda Ellen Loving, was 21. She married Francis Marion Tanner on 3 November 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States for about 15 years and West Montpelier Election Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 8 January 1966, in Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Francis Marion Tanner
1877–1904
Rhoda Jane Wolfinger
1884–1966
Marriage: 3 November 1902
Frances Ione Tanner
1903–1981

Sources (19)

  • Rhoda J Hayes in household of William H Hayes, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Rhoda Tanner, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Rhoda J Hayes, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

German: habitational name for someone from Wolfing in Bavaria.

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

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