Brief Life History of Jesperson
Jesperson was born in 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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World Events (3)
1872 · The First National Park
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
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A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
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After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Jespersen . This form of the surname is also found in Sweden (also Jespersson), but it is very rare there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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