Brief Life History of Joseph Delos
When Joseph Delos Mecham was born on 14 March 1905, in Caribou, Idaho, United States, his father, William Moroni Mecham, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Lyon, was 33. He married Taretta Hazel Morris on 2 April 1927, in Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 24 April 1984, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Basalt Cemetery, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Joseph Mecham, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph Delos Mecham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Joseph Delos Mecham, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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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.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Meacham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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