Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Grover was born on 16 February 1894, in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States, his father, Henry Alfred Grover, was 31 and his mother, Esther Beart Smith, was 24. He married Sarah Sophia Smith on 22 December 1913, in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 29 September 1975, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Parker Memorial Park, Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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- Thomas Grover, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Thomas Grover, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Thomas Grover, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
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.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Granddaughter: Karen McNee Ragan
His granddaughter said of her grandfather he was a Fast typist and a Farmer
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