Asa J Draper

Brief Life History of Asa J

When Asa J Draper was born on 5 January 1884, in St John, Onaqui, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Nephi Draper, was 34 and his mother, Charlotte Elizabeth Johnson, was 30. He married Mamie Wilhelmina Anderson on 3 April 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Denver, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 6 April 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Saint John Cemetery, Rush Valley, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa J Draper
1884–1963
Mamie Wilhelmina Anderson
1892–1965
Marriage: 3 April 1912
Harland Elsmere Draper
1913–1948
Amanda Elizabeth Draper
1914–2000
Nephi Asa Draper
1915–1976
David Andrew Draper
1917–2000
Wilford Alvin Draper
1919–1993
Ezra Philo Draper
1921–1925
Pearl Louise Draper Thorton
1923–1993
Mamie Draper
1926–2007
Dorothy Draper
1930–2016

Sources (58)

  • Asa J Draper, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Asa J. Draper, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Asa J Draper, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.

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

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