Wynn Basil Fife

Brief Life History of Wynn Basil

When Wynn Basil Fife was born on 24 June 1919, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Basil Charles Fife, was 21 and his mother, Edith Winifred Bowring, was 20. He married Alice Ackroyd on 7 August 1947, in Cardston Alberta Temple, Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1950 and Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 2006. He died on 22 November 2006, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wynn Basil Fife
1919–2006
Alice Ackroyd
1922–2021
Marriage: 7 August 1947

Sources (30)

  • Wyn B Fife, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Basil Wynn Fife, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • Dr. Wynn Basil Fife, "Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015"

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World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

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.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from the province and former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.

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

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Story Highlight

Bowring Gathering in Brigham City—“Late December, 1937”

Bowring Gathering in Brigham City—“Late December, 1937” Front row (l-­‐r): Norman “Bill” Watkins, Adele Fife, Bena Le Bowring, Irma Dawn Richardson, Gene Welling, Duane Welling, Donette Fife, Ve …

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