Brief Life History of George Randolph
When George Randolph Adair was born on 22 June 1890, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Jedediah Grant Adair, was 31 and his mother, Florence Ellen Fowler, was 30. He married Olga Constance Chandler on 11 October 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He lived in United States in 1949 and Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 2 February 1979, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- George R Adair, "United States 1950 Census"
- George R. Adair, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- George Randolph Adair, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, a form of Edgar .
History: James Adair (c. 1709–83) was an ‘Indian trader’ in SC from 1735; he was born in Antrim, northern Ireland. Baron William Adair, from Scotland, also settled in SC at around the same period.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Randolph Adair
GEORGE RANDOLPH ADAIR Written by Olga Chandler Adair-June 16, 1972 in Mesa, Arizona George Randolph Adair was born June 22, 1890, in Orderville, Utah. The son of Jedediah Grant Adair and Florence Fo …
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