Brief Life History of William Grant
When William Grant Bangerter was born on 8 June 1918, in Granger, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Bangerter, was 27 and his mother, Isabelle Bawden, was 25. He married Mildred Lee Schwantes on 8 March 1944, in Mesa Arizona Temple, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 18 April 2010, in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William G Bangerter, "United States 1950 Census"
- Grant, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- William Grant Bangerter, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
South German and Swiss German:
variant of Baumgartner .
variant of Bangert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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