Brief Life History of Orson Pratt
When Orson Pratt Badger Jr was born on 29 October 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Orson Pratt Badger, was 22 and his mother, Eliza Jane Gay, was 19. He married Annis Shaw on 25 September 1879, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ogden City Legislative District 2, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 14 January 1942, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Orson P L Badger, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Orson Pratt Badger in entry for Zelma Badger, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Orson P. Badger, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
Spouse and Children
1857–1942 Male
1861–1957 Female
Children (8)
1880–1882 Female
1882–1963 Male
1885–1983 Male
1888–1970 Male
1890–1890 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1835–1897 Male
1838–1911 Female
Siblings (4)
1857–1942 Male
1860–1932 Female
1866–1880 Female
1875–1949 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 6
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 6
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 24
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Badger, probably from an unattested Old English personal name Bæcg + Old English ofer ‘ridge’.
occupational name for a maker of bags (see Bagge 1) or from Middle English badger ‘hawker, huckster’, though this word is not recorded before 1467–8 and it is of doubtful origin. It is unlikely that the surname has anything to do with the animal (see Brock 2), which was not known by this name until the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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