Oliver Fredrick Barfuss

Male13 September 1912–26 October 2005

Brief Life History of Oliver Fredrick

When Oliver Fredrick Barfuss was born on 13 September 1912, in Bancroft, Bannock, Idaho, United States, his father, Fredrick Barfuss, was 35 and his mother, Wilhelmina Leonhardt, was 28. He married Cora Lester on 28 January 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in World for about 10 years. He died on 26 October 2005, in Bancroft, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Bancroft, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Fredrick Barfuss
1912–2005
Cora Lester
1914–2002
Marriage: 28 January 1937
Coreen Barfuss
1939–2012
Von Lester Barfuss
1946–2016
Jan Barfuss
1952–1992
Kim Lester Barfuss
1957–1987

Sources (48)

  • Oliver Frederich Barfuss in household of Frederich Barfuss, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Oliver F Barfuss, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Oliver Fredrick Barfuss, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 January 1937Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 25

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Manfred.

    German: nickname for someone who was in the habit of going unshod, from Middle High German bar ‘bare, naked’ + vuoz ‘foot’, or perhaps for a member of the monastic order of the Barefoot Monks.

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

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