Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Ackroyd was born on 9 May 1922, in Magrath, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, her father, Smith Ackroyd, was 34 and her mother, LaVerna Coleman, was 31. She married Wynn Basil Fife on 7 August 1947, in Cardston Alberta Temple, Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. She immigrated to Babb, Glacier, Montana, United States in 1947 and lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1931 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1950. She died on 7 September 2021, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Alice Ackroyd, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Alice Fife, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Alice Ackroyd in entry for Dr Wynn Basil Fife, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Akroyd in Wadsworth, Yorkshire. The placename is from northern Middle English ake ‘oak’ + royd ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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