Brief Life History of James Sterling
When James Sterling Astin was born on 15 September 1914, in Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, James Nephi Astin, was 30 and his mother, Lois Edith Hobson, was 29. He married Inez Vivian Brewster on 16 June 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 24 August 2004, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sterling J Astin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Astin, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- James Sterling Astin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch
The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Astin, a shortened form of Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘sacrificial cauldron, helmet’ (see Haskell , Askin ). There has been some confusion over the years between this surname and others (in particular, Aspden , Aston , and Austin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elder James Sterling Astin missionary farewell testimonial program & newspaper clipping
This Missionary Farewell Testimonial program is from a Junior Girls Project scrapbook compiled by Ida Marjorie Norman Harline (KWCD-LDD) circa 1935. Ida’s scrapbook included missionary farewell progra …
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