Robert Wells Clayton

Brief Life History of Robert Wells

When Robert Wells Clayton was born on 25 January 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, David Hyrum Clayton Jr., was 33 and his mother, Margaret Cannon, was 30. He married Ruth Laura Paramore on 7 July 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 20 February 2009, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Wells Clayton
1917–2009
Ruth Laura Paramore
1917–2000
Marriage: 7 July 1948

Sources (43)

  • Robert W Claton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert W Clayton, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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