When Matilda Padjen was born on 27 December 1890, in Oštra, Lika-Senj, Croatia, her father, Joannes Padjen, was 45 and her mother, Anna Zdunich, was 45. She married Michael Umiljenovich on 15 July 1912, in Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States for about 15 years and Park City Election Precinct, Summit, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 17 June 1981, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
On September 17,1897, as the Salt Lake Valley was beginning to cool from the hot summer months, the growing Catholic presence in Utah was recognized in a significant way. Mayor James Glendinning signed a document that donated 19.5 acres to the Diocese of Salt Lake City for Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
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.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Páidín ‘son of Páidín’, a pet form of the personal name Pádraig (see Patrick ). Compare McPadden .
English (Devon): habitational name from either Petton in Bampton (Devon), or Paddon in Shebbear (Devon). Petton in Bampton derives from an Old English personal name P(e)atta + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’; Paddon in Shebbear probably has the same etymology, but, due to a lack of early forms, this cannot be certain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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