Brief Life History of Alfred Johnson
When Alfred Johnson Alder was born on 25 December 1893, in Preston, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Alfred William Alder, was 42 and his mother, Sarah Christina Jensen, was 28. He married Jane Jenkins on 6 June 1923, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Egypt, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 9 July 1974, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- Alfred Johnson Alder, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Alfred Johnson Alder, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Alfred Johnson Alder, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · Paper Money Becomes Sole Currency
Paper money had been scarce in Preston until the year 1898. Script currency was used which contained the promise of goods or services rather than paper money. In 1898, script was discontinued and “a lithographed article, much resembling the greenback” was used instead. At first the transition was awkward as nearest bank was located in Logan, Utah. Paper currency became plentiful soon after.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree or by a group of alders, from Middle English al(d)re, alder.
German: variant of Alter .
German: status name for a senior, from Middle High German althērre ‘(respected) older gentleman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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As a youth, I spent summers with Grandpa Alfred Johnson and Grandma Elna Alder in Preston. Those were idyllic days milking cows, burning weeds along ditch banks, irrigating, hauling hay, thinning beet …
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