Brief Life History of Don McCarroll
When Don McCarroll Dalton was born on 12 May 1895, in Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States, his father, John Cranmer Dalton Sr, was 38 and his mother, Hannah Daphne Smith, was 38. He married Myrtle Geneve Jorgensen on 28 December 1917, in Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pleasant Grove Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940 and Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 January 1979, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Don W Dalton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Don M Dalton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Don M Dalton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Dalton in Westmorland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English dæl ‘valley’ (see Dale ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The surname was taken to Ireland by English traders in the early 13th century .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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