Homer Charles Call

30 November 1859–31 January 1927 (Age 67)
Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States

The Life Summary 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 in 1885. 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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Family Time Line

Homer Charles Call
1859–1927
Mary Evelyn Taylor
1867–1932
Marriage: 1885
Orville Charles Call
1885–1971
Alva Lovisa Call
1889–1984
Hazel Mary Call
1893–1935
Howard Leslie Call
1895–1974
Rose Amber Call
1899–1979
CALL
1902–1902
Sarah Edrus Call
1905–1999
Homer Ray Call
1907–1960
Eva Taylor CALL
1909–1968
Reva Taylor CALL
1909–1974

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1885
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 4
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1865 · The Union Roller Mill
    Age 6
    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
    Age 18
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Cales
    Caul
    McCall

    Sources (65)

    • Charles Call in entry for Unknown, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
    • Homer Charles Call, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Homer Charles Call in entry for John Elwin Dodge and Eva T Call, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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