Brief Life History of Erma Ruth
When Erma Ruth Maughan was born on 31 March 1918, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, Howard John Maughan, was 26 and her mother, Eldora Catherina Johnson, was 25. She married Edgar Bentley Mitchell Jr. on 27 May 1936, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to World in 1949 and lived in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States for about 5 years and Howell, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 22 September 2011, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Erma R Mitchell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Erma Ruth Maughan Mitchell, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Miss Erma Ruth Maughan, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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 · The Ellen Eccles Theatre
The Ellen Eccles Theater was originally known as the Capitol Theater and was home to different vaudevilles and operas. The Theater later became solely used for community events and movies. In 1988, popular outcry from the public led to the city of Logan purchasing the theater and a not-for-profit organization was formed to renovate and operate it. Fire destroyed much of the theater's annex in 1990 during a restoration attempt by the city. However, the Theater reopened to a gala performance on January 8, 1993. It is used today for performances of the Utah Festival Opera Company along with the Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Music Theater West, Valley Dance Ensemble, Cache Theater Company, and several Utah State University performing groups.
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
Irish: variant of Mahan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Eldora's last days as told by Nieoma (her sister)
From the Journal of Nieoma Johnson Davis December 13, 1985 Yesterday I drove to Salt Lake City on my way to Logan to be with my sister, Eldora (Johnson Maughan), during her last illness. Nola, her da …
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