Brief Life History of William Thomas
When William Thomas Hicken was born on 30 January 1884, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, Addison Hicken, was 33 and his mother, Sophia Elizabeth Moulton, was 30. He married Minnie Alice Giles on 19 January 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1950. He died on 29 February 1984, in Fairfield, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States.
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- William Thomas Hicken, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Thomas Hicken, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Wm Thomas Hicken, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire and Staffordshire): from the Middle English personal name Hick , with the characteristically West Midland genitival suffix -en.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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