Robert Howard Willstead

Brief Life History of Robert Howard

When Robert Howard Willstead was born on 8 April 1918, in Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah, United States, his father, Robert John Wilstead, was 20 and his mother, Edna Loretta Bate, was 21. He married Mary Ethel Froyd on 20 June 1947, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 29 September 1959, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Howard Willstead
1918–1959
Donna Berneice Nelson
1921–1989
Linda Jean Brocknik
1948–1992
John Peter Brocknik
1950–1984

Sources (9)

  • Robt H Wilstead in household of Robt J Wilstead, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert H Willstead, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
  • Robert Howard Willstead, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.

President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English: see Wellstead .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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