Brief Life History of William Edward Barrett
William Edward Barrett Huff was born on 11 January 1893, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Lake Shore, Utah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916. In 1921, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as orderly at general hospital. He died on 21 August 1922, in Moosomin, Moosomin No. 121, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 29.
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- William E. Hodgetts in household of Charles Measona, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Edward Barrett Huff - Government record: Census record: birth-name: William Edward Barrett Huff
- William Huff, "Saskatchewan, Probate Estate Files, 1887-1931"
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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.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart, mind, spirit’ as the first element.
Americanized form of German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish Hoff or Hof .
English: variant of Hough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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