DeLenna Bradshaw

Brief Life History of DeLenna

When DeLenna Bradshaw was born on 13 November 1921, in Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States, her father, Samuel Bradshaw, was 29 and her mother, Mariam Ellen Covington, was 29. She married Orval Mecham on 22 September 1947, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. She immigrated to World in 1943 and lived in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. She died on 5 May 2005, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orval Mecham
1915–1998
DeLenna Bradshaw
1921–2005
Marriage: 22 September 1947

Sources (25)

  • DeLenna Mecham, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Delenna Mecham, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
  • Delenna Bradshaw, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1922 · Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Timpanogos Cave National Monument is a United States National Monument protecting the Timpanogos Cave Historic District and a cave system on Mount Timpanogos. There are three caves in the cave system, one of which is specifically called Timpanogos Cave but the caves are only viewable on guided tours when the monument is open.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Bradshaw in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire, from Old English brād ‘broad’ + sceaga ‘thicket’.

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

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