Lois Kingsford

Brief Life History of Lois

When Lois Kingsford was born on 25 January 1932, in Groveland, Bingham, Idaho, United States, her father, Ephraim Ormond Kingsford, was 29 and her mother, Neva Bingham, was 23. She married Bruce M Gorbutt on 13 September 1957, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. She lived in Grace Election Precinct, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States in 2013. She died on 5 March 2013, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bruce M Gorbutt
1929–2001
Lois Kingsford
1932–2013
Marriage: 13 September 1957

Sources (14)

  • Lois Kingsford, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lois Gorbutt, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lois in entry for Mr Sidney R Hosking and Barbara Kingsford, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

1935 · The Social Security Act

This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

English (Kent and Middlesex): habitational name chiefly from a lost place in Mersham (Kent). Places called Kingsford and Kingford in Devon, Essex, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire are alternative possible sources of this surname in other parts of England. The Kent placename derives from Old English cing ‘king’ (genitive cinges) + feld ‘open country’. The Worcestershire placename derives from the Old English personal name Cēna + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + ford ‘ford’. The other placenames derive from Old English cing + ford.

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

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