Brief Life History of Minnie Belle
When Minnie Belle Norton was born on 11 December 1875, in Saline, Mercer, Missouri, United States, her father, Alfred B. Norton, was 37 and her mother, Chloe Clestin Robins, was 27. She married William Edward Rydalch in 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 12 November 1957, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Minnie Rydalch in household of William Rydalch, "United States Census, 1940"
- Minnie Belle Griffin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Minnie Belle Rydalch, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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