Brief Life History of William Levens
When William Levens Crawford was born on 30 January 1872, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Crawford, was 39 and his mother, Emma Frances Levens, was 36. He married Mary Abalona Hansen on 7 August 1893, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 12 August 1942, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Wm L Crawford in household of Wm A Crawford, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- William Levens Crawford, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- William Levens Crawford, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Colorado becomes a State
On Aug 1, 1876, The United States Congress passed an act making the Territory of Colorado the 38th state.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Crawford, primarily the one in Lanarkshire (Scotland), and possibly also from the one in Lancashire. Both are named in Old English with crāwe ‘crow’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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