William Henry Auger

Brief Life History of William Henry

When William Henry Auger was born on 1 January 1891, in Preston, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Henry Daniel Auger, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Hibbert, was 23. He married Alta Alder Jensen on 31 March 1910, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Glendale, Franklin, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Glendale Election Precinct, Franklin, Idaho, United States for about 5 years. He died on 9 January 1989, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Glendale, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Auger
1891–1989
Alta Alder Jensen
1892–1985
Marriage: 31 March 1910
Howard Jensen Auger
1911–2000
Hyrum Jensen Auger
–2022
Loretta Jensen Auger
1913–2006
Verl Jensen Auger
1915–1991
Bernon Jensen Auger
1916–2007
Arnold Jensen Auger
1918–1993
Daniel Jensen Auger
1920–2004
Elva Jensen Auger
1922–1922
Melva Jensen Auger
1922–1922
William Jensen Auger
1924–2023
Lorenzo Jensen Auger
1926–1927
Nathan Jensen Auger
1928–1929
Hyrum Jensen Auger
1929–2022

Sources (114)

  • William H Auger, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Henry Auger, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • William Henry Auger, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1893

In 1893, the state of Maryland became part of the newly reorganized Eastern States Mission. The state of Arkansas was transferred to the Indian Territory Mission in 1895. Then in 1897, the state of Texas was also transferred to that mission.

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.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Andre, Gaston, Lucien, Marcel, Mederic, Normand, Raoul, Cecile, Emile, Fernand, Gaetan.

French: from the Old French personal name Auger, which can be from ancient Germanic Adalgari, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + gaira- ‘lance, spear’, or Albgari, with the first element alb ‘elf’. Compare Auge , Oge , Ogea , and Osier .

English: variant of Alger .

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

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Life History of William Henry Auger (In his own words)

I was born on the white rock flat in Glendale, Idaho, January 1, 1891. The winter was cold with no snow on the ground. Two weeks. After my birth two feet of snow covered the ground. In 1884, my fathe …

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