Elmer Lee Fillmore

Brief Life History of Elmer Lee

When Elmer Lee Fillmore was born on 9 April 1906, in Mammoth, Juab, Utah, United States, his father, George Riley Fillmore, was 35 and his mother, Emily Lucretia Beckstead, was 28. He married Gwendolyn Ethel Wride on 25 June 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 19 January 1983, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elmer Lee Fillmore
1906–1983
Gwendolyn Ethel Wride
1908–1992
Marriage: 25 June 1936
Marcia Grace Fillmore
1937–2023
Barry Lee Fillmore
1939–2022
Wade Wride Fillmore
1942–2015
Edgar Ray Fillmore
1943–2023

Sources (26)

  • Elmer L Fillmare, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elmer Lee Fillmore, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Elmer Lee Fillmore, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

variant of Finnemore with late medieval or early post-medieval change from -n- to -l-.

habitational name from a minor place in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire recorded as Fyllymore in 1562, which is apparently the same as Fulemore recorded between 1200 and 1212. Perhaps also from Fullamoor in Whitchurch, Devon.

English:

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

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ELMER LEE FILLMORE-The Story of a Good Man

Compiler's Note: This next section was written for Elmer Fillmore's 75th birthday party. Elmer Fillmore is more than dates, events and days. He is more than who he has seen, where he has been and w …

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