John Leroy Chadwick

Brief Life History of John Leroy

When John Leroy Chadwick was born on 3 August 1886, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Samuel Chadwick, was 23 and his mother, Charlotte Emily Godfrey, was 16. He married Pearl Triess Woodland on 22 June 1909, in Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 16 April 1960, in Moses Lake, Grant, Washington, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Leroy Chadwick
1886–1960
Pearl Triess Woodland
1886–1936
Marriage: 22 June 1909
Karma Chadwick
1910–2002
Rulon Woodland Chadwick
1913–1985
Laura Chadwick
1916–2013
John William Chadwick
1922–2007

Sources (83)

  • John L Chadwick, "United States 1950 Census"
  • J L Chadwick, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • John Leroy Chadwick, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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 (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of various places called Chadwick, in Lancashire, Warwickshire, and two in Worcestershire. One of the places in Worcestershire and the one in Warwickshire are named as ‘the dairy farm (Old English wīc) of Ceadel’. The other place in Worcestershire and the one in Lancashire are named as ‘Ceadda's dairy farm’. Ceadda was the name of a famous Anglo-Saxon bishop, Saint Chad. In Lancashire there was probably some confusion with another Lancashire name, Chaddock .

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

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