Brief Life History of LaVera L
When LaVera L Wilcox was born on 20 September 1895, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, David Eugene Wilcox, was 23 and her mother, Anna Elizabeth Layne, was 17. She married Mark Vernon Coombs on 20 September 1916, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to San Francisco, California, United States in 1926 and lived in Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940 and World for about 20 years. She died on 30 November 1994, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- La Vera Wilcox Coombs in household of Mark Vernon Coombs, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lavera Layne Wilcox - Memory of Someone: birth: 20 September 1895; Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
- Lavera Coombs, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens
The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Anna Elizabeth Layne
Anna Elizabeth Layne Wilcox Age 78 , of Logan, widow of David Eugene Wilcox, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Earl S. Paul, 3230 Tyler Ave.She was a member of LDS Church and had b …
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