Brief Life History of John Tripp
When John Tripp Bringhurst was born on 11 August 1883, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Beitler Bringhurst, was 29 and his mother, Emma Frances Tripp, was 24. He married Florence Elizabeth Smith on 13 June 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950 and World for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 1 February 1962, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John T Bringhurst, "United States 1950 Census"
- John T. Bringhurst, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Tripp Bringhurst, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, England, called Bringhurst. This was named in Old English with Brȳninga + hyrst ‘wooded hill’, i.e. ‘wooded hill on lands associated with someone called Brȳni’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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