John Symonds Alley Jr.

Male7 December 1915–16 September 1944

Brief Life History of John Symonds

When John Symonds Alley Jr. was born on 7 December 1915, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Dr. John Symonds Alley Sr., was 30 and his mother, Edna Myrtle McElravy, was 25. He married Edna Sylvia Petersen about 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 September 1944, at the age of 28, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Symonds Alley Jr.
1915–1944
Edna Sylvia Petersen
1919–1999
Marriage: about 1940

Sources (10)

  • John Symonds Alley in household of John Symonds Alley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • John Symonds Alley, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • John Symonds Alley, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1940Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 1

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch

    Age 1

    The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.

    1927

    Age 12

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Ally, Alli, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear. It may be a pet form of Alexander , Alan , Alice , or Alison , or a survival of Old Danish Alli, Old Swedish Alle, found as Alli in the Domesday Book.

    In some cases also an altered form of French Hallé (see Halle 2) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

    Variant of Allee 2, a surname of French origin.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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