Brief Life History of Wilford Lewis
When Wilford Lewis Breinholt was born on 22 November 1880, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Jens Peter Larsen Breinholt, was 36 and his mother, Anne Sophia Christensen, was 36. He married Elizabeth Maybelle Whitlock on 8 February 1905, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 23 July 1963, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ephraim Park Cemetery, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Wilford Lewis Breinholt, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Wilford L. Breinholt, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Wilford L Breinholt, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
German: from a rare ancient Germanic personal name Brin(no), probably composed of elements related to Middle High German brünne ‘armor’ + walt ‘rule’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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