Brief Life History of Nell Pearl
When Nell Pearl Maddy was born on 11 January 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Orie Earl Maddy, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Grow, was 23. She married Andrew Dallas on 15 September 1924, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 4, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 11 October 2000, in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Nellie Dallas in household of Andy Dallas, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nellie Pearl Maddy, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
- Nell Maddy, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1908 · The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot
Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot dates to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. Originally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroads and the Oregon Short Line. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the passenger services at the station, but all trains were moved to the Rio Grande station after it joined Amtrak. In January 2006, The Depot was opened as a shopping center that housed shops, restaurants and music venues.
1928 · The Tower Theater
The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.
Name Meaning
Welsh: perhaps from the personal name Mady, which may have been a pet form of Madog (see Maddock ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Maddy. It may be a pet form of Maud (see Maude 2) or a voiced variant of Matty (a pet form of Matthew ). Compare Madison and Mathie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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