Amos Azariah Jordan

Brief Life History of Amos Azariah

When Amos Azariah Jordan was born on 25 July 1898, in Ambia, Hickory Grove Township, Benton, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Vincent Jordan, was 37 and his mother, Bertha Truella Robertson, was 24. He married Olive May Fisher on 4 April 1921, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Heyburn Election Precinct, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 31 December 1965, in Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amos Azariah Jordan
1898–1965
Olive May Fisher
1902–1996
Marriage: 4 April 1921
Amos Azariah Jordan Jr.
1922–2018
Lois Illene Jordan
1927–1990
Arnold Keith Jordan
1928–2010
Ruth Anita Jordan
1928–1989
Harley Allen Jordan
1931–2008
Sharon Corinne Jordan
1937–1964

Sources (32)

  • Amos Jordan, "United States Census, 1930"
  • A A Jordan, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1921" (3rd copy)
  • Amos Azariah Jordan, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1905

Historical Boundaries 1905: Cassia, Idaho, United States

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.

Name Meaning

English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.

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

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Amos Azariah

In 1936 the family moved from the country to being two blocks from the LDS Church. Then Olive and the children could attend. Amos Azariah, the father was not interested in the Church. His wife conv …

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