When Melvin Paull Alder was born on 1 April 1896, in Preston, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Theodore Daniel Alder, was 38 and his mother, Alice Ellen Paull, was 24. He married Emma Chrisstella Jensen on 30 July 1919, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1944 and lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 24 February 1973, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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The Amalgamated Sugar Company was founded in Logan and later moved to Boise. The company was formed by the combination of two other sugar companies, the Ogden Sugar Company and the Logan Sugar Company. During 1902, the company reported processing over 10,500 tons of sugar from 97,000 tons of sugar beets.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree or by a group of alders, from Middle English al(d)re, alder.
German: variant of Alter .
German: status name for a senior, from Middle High German althērre ‘(respected) older gentleman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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