Brief Life History of Thomas Benjamin
When Thomas Benjamin Kanistanaux was born on 14 August 1914, in Coalmont, Jackson, Colorado, United States, his father, William Harvey Kanistanaux, was 41 and his mother, Plooma Abbey Pearson, was 31. He married Shirley Mae Caruthers on 2 May 1950, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. He lived in Hebron, Jackson, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 8 June 1979, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.
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- Bennie Kanistaneaux in household of William Kanistaneaux, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thomas Benjamin Kanistanaux, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Thomas Benjamin Kanistanaux, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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.
1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch
The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
New Testament name, borne by one of Christ's twelve apostles, referred to as ‘Thomas, called Didymus’ (John 11:16; 20:24). Didymos is the Greek word for ‘twin’, and the name is the Greek form of an Aramaic byname meaning ‘twin’. The given name has always been popular throughout Christendom, in part because St Thomas's doubts have made him seem a very human character.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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