Richard Denton Andrew

Brief Life History of Richard Denton

When Richard Denton Andrew was born on 11 July 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Richard Septimus Whitaker Andrew, was 24 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Orgill Croxhall, was 22. He married Louise Blanche Cannon on 19 December 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. In 1934, at the age of 51, his occupation is listed as auditor for utah state national bank in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 5 June 1969, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Denton Andrew
1883–1969
Louise Blanche Cannon
1884–1967
Marriage: 19 December 1907
Denton Cannon Andrew
1908–1979
Richard Cannon Andrew
1908–2002
Elizabeth Andrew
1910–1974
John Quayle Andrew
1913–1996
Louise Andrew
1920–2008

Sources (103)

  • Richard Andrew, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elizabeth Andrew in the Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903
  • Richard D. Andrew, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

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, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from the usual vernacular English form (recorded from the 13th century onward) of the New Testament Greek personal name Andreas . In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. Czech Ondřej (see Ondrey ) and Albanian Ndreu , and also their patronymics and other derivatives (see examples at Andrews ).

History: The surname Andrew was first brought to North America from England by Robert Andrew (died 1668), who settled in Boxford, MA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Richard Denton Croxall Andrew

Richard Denton Croxall Andrew was born July 11, 1883 in Salt Lake City, Utah (at approximately 323 South 1st West Street), the son of Richard Septimus Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Croxall Andrew. He was …

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