Burton Delbert Bushman

Brief Life History of Burton Delbert

When Burton Delbert Bushman was born on 20 June 1919, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, his father, Jacob Virgil Bushman, was 30 and his mother, Ruth Campkin Fuller, was 28. He married Frances Lucile Meaker on 9 April 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1942 and lived in Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1935. He died on 23 June 2006, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Burton Delbert Bushman
1919–2006
Thelys Kathleen Clinger
1930–2016
Marriage: 24 February 1961

Sources (26)

  • Burton Delbert Bushman in household of Jacob Virgil Bushman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Burton Delbert Bushman, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
  • Burton D. Bushman, "Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961"

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World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1921 · Groundbreaking for Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple

Groundbreaking for the Latter-day Saint Mesa Arizona Temple took place on April 25, 1922, by Heber J. Grant.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Buschmann .

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

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Story Highlight

Grant's Mission taken from Hannah Mendenhall's Journal

"The last of September [1941] a big farewell was given by the fourth ward [Springville, Utah] for Grant and Clarence Tuttle going to Hawaii and Taylor Reynolds going to the Spanish American Mission. …

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