Floyd Spilsbury

Brief Life History of Floyd

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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Floyd Spilsbury
1896–1981
Adelia Elizabeth Broderick
1899–1999
Marriage: 7 September 1927

Sources (29)

  • Floyd Spilsbury, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Floyd Spilsbury - Government record: birth-name: Floyd Spilsbury
  • Floyd Spilsbury, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

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.

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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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