Brief Life History of Ward Parley
When Ward Parley Burbidge was born on 4 May 1876, in Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Jesse Rhoades Burbidge, was 32 and his mother, Catherine DeVala Pack, was 22. He married Mary Arrinda Parke on 11 December 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 21 November 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ward P Burbidge, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014; https://familysearch.org
- Ward P Burbidge, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1879
1879-1924 LDS Church Operated
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
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English: variant of Burbage .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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