Brief Life History of George Clinton
When George Clinton Child was born on 22 January 1877, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Myron Barber Child, was 51 and his mother, Sarepta Jane Cole, was 30. He married Etta May Weaver on 12 December 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900 and World for about 15 years. He died on 12 April 1939, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- George C Child, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- George C Child, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- George Clinton Child, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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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.
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.
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.
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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