Orrin Wilford Astle

Brief Life History of Orrin Wilford

When Orrin Wilford Astle was born on 3 December 1906, in Grover, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, his father, William Wilford Astle, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Shaw, was 28. He married Ruth Whitear on 24 December 1932, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 19 March 1997, in Peterson, Morgan, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orrin Wilford Astle
1906–1997
Ruth Whitear
1909–1990
Marriage: 24 December 1932
Marilyn Ruth Astle
1933–2008
Wilford Bevan Astle
1936–1977

Sources (32)

  • Orrin W Astle, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mr. Orrin Wilford Astle, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Orrin Wilford Astle, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire called Astle, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + hyll ‘hill’. There may also have been some confusion with Asthall and Astley . Or occasionally this may be a topographic name denoting residence on an ‘east hill’ (from Middle English ast + hill or hull), i.e. a hill to the east of a settlement.

English: perhaps also a habitational name from Astwell, Northamptonshire, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + wielle ‘spring’.

English: habitational name from Asthall, Oxfordshire, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + halh ‘nook’.

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

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Mission

Departed for mission to British Isles on 7 April 1930 and returned on 19 March 1932

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