Brief Life History of James Vincent
When James Vincent Haslam was born on 10 December 1917, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, James Edward Haslam, was 26 and his mother, Helen Shirley Young, was 25. He married Mary Ruth Ramsey on 17 June 1945, in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1940 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 19 September 1993, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- J. Vincent Haslam, "United States 1950 Census"
- James Vincent Haslam, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- James Vincent Haslam, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1918 · Chapman Branch Library
The Chapman Branch Library is a Carnegie library that was built in 1918 and is now is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: either a topographic name for someone who lived ‘by the hazels’, or a habitational name from Haslam (Lancashire), in both cases from Old English hæsel or Old Norse hesli ‘hazel tree’ in the dative plural form (-um). This surname has been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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