Brief Life History of John D.
When John D. Clifford was born on 21 May 1899, in Colorado, United States, his father, John D. Clifford, was 41 and his mother, Bridget Elizabeth Brassil, was 39. He married Glenna Gunderson on 18 March 1919, in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Election District B, Denver, Colorado, United States in 1940 and Denver, Colorado, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 14 September 1984, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States.
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- John Clifford, "United States Census, 1950"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Clifford - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Clifford
- John D Clifford, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1902 · The Utah Governor's Mansion
Built in 1902, the Utah Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of Utah and their family. The mansion was built using the finest materials by the finest craftsmen available, resulting in a quality and style like that of Eastern mansions. From 1957 to 1977, the Utah Historical Society occupied the mansion as a library, museum, and office space. In 1977, the residence underwent extensive renovations and was again reopened in 1980. In December 1993, a fire destroyed much of the mansion but, after another restoration, the historic building was restored to its original design with upgrades in case of another disaster threatened the home. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Clifford in Devon, Gloucestershire, and Yorkshire, and in particular Herefordshire. The placename is derived from Old English clif ‘slope’ + ford ‘ford’.
Irish: adoption of the name in 1 above as Anglicization of several Irish names, especially Ó Clúmháin ‘descendant of Clúmhán’, which was the surname of an ecclesiastical family in Sligo and can be traced back to the 12th century. The personal name meant ‘little hairy one’, a diminutive of Irish clúmach ‘hairy’, from clúmh ‘feathers, plumage, down; hair or fur’. Clifford was also adopted for Coleman and in Fermanagh for Crifferty, Clifferty, and Cliffordy, which are Anglicized forms of Mac Raibheartaigh (compare Rafferty ).
History: A powerful Anglo-Norman family of this name in England and Ireland trace their descent from Walter de Clifford, who took the name from Clifford (Castle) in Herefordshire in the 12th century, after acquiring the Clifford barony by marriage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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