Don Fehring Driggs

Brief Life History of Don Fehring

When Don Fehring Driggs was born on 28 March 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Earle Alston Driggs, was 27 and his mother, Ida Augusta Fehring, was 20. He married Dorothea Heisserman on 14 June 1947, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in Chapel Hill Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States for about 1 years and Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 11 February 2009, in Newtown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Don Fehring Driggs
1916–2009
Dorothea Heisserman
1919–2008
Marriage: 14 June 1947

Sources (18)

  • Don F Driggs, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Don Fehring Driggs, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"; Birth, Blessing
  • Don F. Driggs, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

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World Events (8)

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1918 · Fort Bragg Established

Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Possibly English: variant of Triggs .

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

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Story Highlight

Elder Don F Driggs missionary farewell testimonial and newspaper clipping

This Missionary Farewell Testimonial program is from a Junior Girls Project scrapbook compiled by Ida Marjorie Norman Harline (KWCD-LDD) circa 1935. Ida’s scrapbook included missionary farewell progra …

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