Brief Life History of Rulon Joseph
When Rulon Joseph Ballard was born on 29 January 1905, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Melvin Joseph Ballard, was 31 and his mother, Martha Annable Jones, was 31. He married Bertha Renate Schritt on 3 April 1926, in Danzig. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1926 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 17 June 1985, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rulon J Ballard, "United States 1950 Census"
- Rulon Joseph Ballard birth certificate
- Marriage record of Rulon Joseph Ballard and Bertha Renata Schritt, 3 April 1926
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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.
1908 · The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot
Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot dates to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. Originally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroads and the Oregon Short Line. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the passenger services at the station, but all trains were moved to the Rio Grande station after it joined Amtrak. In January 2006, The Depot was opened as a shopping center that housed shops, restaurants and music venues.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ballard ‘bald-headed man’ (compare Bald 3).
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Balhard, composed of the elements bal, presumably meaning ‘torment, spitefulness’, and hard ‘hard, strong’. Compare Ballor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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