Andrew John Child

Brief Life History of Andrew John

When Andrew John Child was born on 16 January 1890, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Columbus Child, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Patterson, was 31. He married Nannie Mary Ann Beesley on 24 June 1914, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in World in 1935 and Kanesville Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 25 February 1960, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew John Child
1890–1960
Nannie Mary Ann Beesley
1895–1988
Marriage: 24 June 1914
Florence Beesley Child
1915–2000
Andrew Edison Child
1916–1991
Virginia Child
1918–2000
Lavon Child
1920–1995
Robert Heber Child
1921–1997
Ruth Jean Child
1929–2015

Sources (55)

  • Andrew Child, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Andrew Child, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
  • Andrew Child, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname from Middle English child ‘child, infant’ (Old English cild), in various possible applications. The word is found in Old English as a byname, and in Middle English as a widely used affectionate term of address. It was also used as a term of status for a young man of noble birth, although the exact meaning is not clear; in the 13th and 14th centuries it was a technical term used of a young noble awaiting elevation to the knighthood. In other cases it may have been applied as a byname to a youth considerably younger than his brothers or to one who was a minor on the death of his father.

in Kent, possibly a topographic name from Old English cielde ‘spring (water)’, a rare word derived from c(e)ald ‘cold’.

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

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