When Abel John Ekins Jr. was born on 22 May 1919, in Vineyard, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Abel John Ekins Sr., was 22 and his mother, Lydia Allen, was 22. He married Geraldine Taylor on 6 November 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to California, United States in 1946 and lived in Grace, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States for about 55 years. He died on 15 April 2005, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
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.
English: variant of Eakins (see Eakin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesFour children of George Ekins (1853-1915) and Maria Melvina Mezenen (1859-1926) died from the flu epidemic during the winter of 1918/1919. The names of the four children are: George Warren (1881-1919 …
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