Willard Gardner Burton

Brief Life History of Willard Gardner

When Willard Gardner Burton was born on 3 October 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Willard Cushing Burton, was 26 and his mother, Mary Jane Eliza Gardner, was 28. He married Mary Latham Hunter on 21 June 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Tennessee, United States in 1934. He died on 27 August 1934, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willard Gardner Burton
1883–1934
Mary Latham Hunter
1879–1924
Marriage: 21 June 1906
Mary Hunter Burton
1907–1908
Willard Hunter Burton
1909–1987
Serge Hunter Burton
1911–1966
Virginia Burton
1914–1993
Marian Burton
1916–1917

Sources (59)

  • Willard Gardner Burton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Willard J. Or G. Burton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Willard Gardiner Burton, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a placename that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

French (northeastern): regional variant of Berton .

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

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