Melvin Frank Barton

Brief Life History of Melvin Frank

When Melvin Frank Barton was born on 25 November 1887, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Frank Barton, was 22 and his mother, Rachel Ann Mansell, was 22. He married La Verne Munro on 21 September 1923, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 12 May 1934, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Melvin Frank Barton
1887–1934
La Verne Munro
1901–1975
Marriage: 21 September 1923
Boyd Munro Barton
1924–1992
Beverly Namiko Barton
1926–1986

Sources (27)

  • Melvin Barton in household of Henry S Mansell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Melvin F Barton, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
  • Melvin Frank Barton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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 numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.

Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.

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

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Melvin Frank Barton enlists in the Naval Reserve

TWELVE ENLIST IN NAVAL RESERVES Twelve young men of Ogden were sent to Salt Lake yesterday from the local naval recruiting station to be- come members of the naval reserve. Instead of enlisting in the …

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