Brief Life History of Paul Garr
When Paul Garr Burton was born on 29 December 1918, in Talmage, Duchesne, Utah, United States, his father, Austin Garr Burton, was 37 and his mother, Leonora McMillan, was 37. He married Lois Hill on 10 July 1945, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in South Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and Payson, Utah, Utah, United States for about 1 years. He died on 19 June 2007, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Paul G Burton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Paul Burton, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Paul Garr Burton, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a placename that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
French (northeastern): regional variant of Berton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Paul Garr Burton
Paul Garr Burton Beloved father and husband, Paul Garr Burton (88), passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. He was born on December 29, 1918 on a farm in Talmage, Utah to Austin Garr and …
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