Brief Life History of Joseph Veloi
When Joseph Veloi Elton was born on 7 January 1890, in Sequoyah, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Linus Fellows Elton, was 52 and his mother, Mary Arabella Frances Allen, was 37. He married Wilmerth Skinner on 8 October 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 17 April 1920, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Graham Cemetery, Graham, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Joseph V Elton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Joseph Veloi Elton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Joseph Velor Elton, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1891 · The Garza Revolution
The Garza Revolution was a conflict fought between the residents of Coahuila and Texas. It began when a campaign to start an uprising against Porfirio Diaz. Even though it was a minor conflict, it is seen as a precursor to the Mexican Revolution.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Elton (Berkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, and Nottinghamshire). The Eltons in Chesire, Derbyshire, and Durham are from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’. Elton in Berkshire is from the Old English female personal name Æthelflǣd (composed of the elements æthel ‘noble’ + flǣd ‘beauty’). Both Elton in Herefordshire and in Nottinghamshire are from the Old English personal name Ella + tūn. The Berkshire origin for the surname is especially well represented.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in eastern Norway, in Old Norse Elgjartún ‘enclosed sacred place’ (or fenced in for elg ‘moose’?).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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