Brief Life History of Warren Lyman
When Warren Lyman Coutts was born on 25 February 1902, in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, his father, Alexander George Coutts, was 47 and his mother, Effie Linton Paden, was 40. He married Francella Dalley on 3 March 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1950. He died on 10 March 1976, in Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in San Mateo, San Mateo, California, United States.
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- Warren L Coutts, "United States 1950 Census"
- Warren Lyman Coutts, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Warren Lyman Coutts, "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.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Cults in Aberdeenshire, named with Gaelic cuilt ‘nook’, with the later addition of the English plural -s. A crown charter of 1433 granted the earldom of Mar, along with the lands of Ochtercoul or Auchtercoul, to a family of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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