Brief Life History of Edward Thomas
When Edward Thomas Clayton was born on 29 September 1872, in Franklin, Idaho, United States, his father, Edward Clayton, was 32 and his mother, Ellen Morrison, was 22. He married Rosa Nell Lamoreaux on 10 December 1895, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Preston, Oneida, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and World in 1940. He died on 28 February 1945, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- Edward Thomas Clayton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Edward T Clayton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Edward Thomas Clayton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
1892
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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