Brief Life History of Alma Archibald
When Alma Archibald Andrus was born on 16 April 1884, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Alma Andrus, was 26 and his mother, Serena Gardner, was 23. He married Martha Alsina Marcusen on 10 March 1908, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 3 September 1973, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Alma Archibald Andrus, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Alma A. Andrus, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- A A Andrus, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrews .
History: William Andrus came to Boston in 1635 and moved to New Haven in 1639, where he died in 1676.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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