When Floyd Spilsbury was born on 30 April 1896, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, David Spilsbury, was 35 and his mother, Maria Ann Richards, was 33. He married Adelia Elizabeth Broderick on 7 September 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 10 April 1981, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.
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English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Spelsbury (Oxfordshire) and perhaps also from Spilsbury Hill in Mamble (Worcestershire). The Oxfordshire placename derives from an Old English personal name Spēol (genitive Spēoles) + Old English burg ‘fortress’. The Worcestershire placename probably shares the same etymology, though it is possible that it derives from the name of the family instead.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
After graduating from eighth grade he attended the Branch Agricultural College at Cedar City, taking the Winter Course for 3 years, 1914-16. In September 1917 he entered WW I at Camp Lewis, Washing …
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