Brief Life History of Anna Margaret
When Anna Margaret Spotten was born on 2 July 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Bertram Spotten, was 29 and her mother, Ida Larsena Otteson, was 25. She married Clarence Davis Ashton on 14 August 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 June 1993, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Anna S Ashton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Anna Margaret Spotten, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Anna Margaret Spotten, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
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1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1910 · The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot, the Rio Grande Depot, is a former train station on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City. The depot was constructed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to surpass the nearby Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot and was the main jewel of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The depot included a barber shop, a telegraph office a gift shop, a restaurant, a men's smoking room and a women's lounge. The depot opened Salt Lake City to a new influx of immigrants, and was also a central point in shipping soldiers off to war in both World War I and World War II. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. After the State of Utah purchased the depot in 1977, the building was converted to house the Utah State Historical Society and its research center, the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts, as well as the Rio Gallery.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Norwegian: variant of Slatten .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History given out at an Ashton Family Reunion (History written while Anna was still living)
Anna Margaret Spotten, daughter of Bertrum Spotten and Ida Otteson Spotten was born July 2, 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her father came from Ireland with his mother to Sanford Colorado when he was j …
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