Wilford Lamar Bruderer

Brief Life History of Wilford Lamar

When Wilford Lamar Bruderer was born on 30 June 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Charles Bruderer, was 29 and his mother, Josephine Bertha Schiess, was 35. He married Violet May Asbury on 22 March 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1941. He died on 1 January 2012, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Wilford Lamar Bruderer
1918–2012
Violet May Asbury
1926–2005
Marriage: 22 March 1948

Sources (30)

  • Willard Lamar Bruderer in household of Charles Bruderer, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Wilford Lamar Bruderer, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • Wilford Lamar Bruderer, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.

President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

German (Brüderer): from a relative name, ‘brother’, already attested in the Old High German name Brothar.

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

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