Brief Life History of Thomas Edwin
When Thomas Edwin Ricks III was born on 6 June 1882, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Edwin Ricks, was 26 and his mother, Mary Ann Hibbard, was 24. He married Maude Ella Dabell on 16 March 1903, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Independence, Madison, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 18 August 1948, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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- Thomas Edwin Ricks in household of Thomas E Ricks, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Edwin Ricks III - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth: 6 June 1882; Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
- Thomas E Ricks, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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1884 · Logan Temple Dedication
On May 17, 1884, the Logan temple was dedicated by John Taylor. It was the only temple dedicated by him and was the second temple in Utah. The temple went under a major reconstruction project in 1976 to increase the capacity of the rooms inside and was rededicated in 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Rick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See also Rickson .
English: topographic name from Middle English rixe, rexe (Old English rixe, a West Saxon metathesized form of Old English risc, rysc ‘rush’) wash. The surname probably originally denoted someone who lived where rushes grew, or it may be a habitational name from a place so named, such as Rix (Devon).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mission Journal of Thomas Edwin Ricks III
Mission Journal Of:Thomas E. Ricks III Type From Original Journal by Great-Grand Daughter Kay P. Hodges (no corrections made) My Mission to the Southern States, By: T. E. Ricks Jr. Left Salt Lake Ci …
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