Brief Life History of Samuel Read
When Samuel Read Arnold was born on 5 May 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Orson Pratt Arnold, was 33 and his mother, Alicia Quilley Read, was 31. He married May Rebecca Sorensen on 30 September 1896, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 October 1944, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Reed Arnold, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Samuel R. Arnold, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Samuel Read Arnold, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Grandpa Arnold
I am the grandson of Samuel Read Arnold. My name is David Arnold White and I was born in SLC 1/20/1936 to Eva May Arnold White and Wilford Shiblon White. When I was two my parents divorced and moth …
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