When George Albert Compton was born on 4 October 1891, in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States, his father, George Compton, was 45 and his mother, Caroline Ager, was 26. He married Margaret Estella Mattson on 29 September 1915, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 31 years. He died on 14 April 1986, in Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England (but especially in the southwest) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
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