Brief Life History of Homer Charles
When Homer Charles Call was born on 30 November 1859, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Homer Call, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Merrell, was 21. He married Mary Evelyn Taylor on 6 March 1885, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 31 January 1927, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Willard City Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Homer Charles Call, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · The Union Roller Mill
The Union Roller Mill was built to help grind the grain that was harvested in the Cache Valley and the other surrounding areas. It was later renamed the Thatcher Milling & Elevator Company and the old millstones were discarded.
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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