Brief Life History of Reuben Magnus
When Reuben Magnus Wiberg was born on 27 October 1899, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Johan Carl Isaksson Wiberg, was 43 and his mother, Anna Emilia Blomquist or Bloomquist, was 40. He married Maurine Clark on 1 June 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Election Precinct 9, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 15 April 1964, in Roy, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Sources (40)
- Reuben Wiberg, "United States Census, 1950"
- Reuben M Wiberg, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Reuben Maenus Wiberg, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1909 · The Grand Opera House of Ogden Changes its name
Known as the Orpheum Theatre, the Opera House was built in 1890 because there was no play house located in the City. People came from all around to see the shows. When the name was changed to the Orpheum, different shows came about to please the viewers tastes and ideas.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nels, Erik, Lars, Sven, Bjorn, Helmer, Nils. German Ewald, Ralf.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of an altered form of the placename element vi (representing either Old Norse vithr ‘forest’ or vé ‘sacred place’) + the ornamental element berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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An entry from a missionary's journal about President Wiberg
My father, Floyd C Fletcher served a mission in Tonga from March 1935 to February 1938. He along with two other elders spent nearly two months trying to reach Tonga and he was so grateful to finally g …
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