Leland Smith Hendricks

Brief Life History of Leland Smith

When Leland Smith Hendricks was born on 3 July 1894, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, William Smith Hendricks, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Minerva Rainey, was 34. He married Ethelyn Burnham on 28 June 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 9 December 1938, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leland Smith Hendricks
1894–1938
Arvilla Julia Burrup
1904–1961
Marriage: after 1930
Mary Helen Austad
1924–2006
Faye Austad Hendricks
1926–2017
Ruth Austad
1927–1990

Sources (33)

  • Leland Hendricks in household of Wm S Hendricks, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Leland S Hendricks, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Leland Smith Hendricks, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

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.

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, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Hendrick . See also Hendriks .

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

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