Brief Life History of Louis Gerald
When Louis Gerald Hoagland was born on 30 March 1870, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Hoagland, was 36 and his mother, Adelia Maria West, was 28. He married Clara Amelia Rushton on 22 April 1891, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 13 March 1942, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Louis G Hoagland, "United States Census, 1940"
- Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1908
- Louis G Hoagland, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Norwegian Haugland , Swedish Högland (see Hogland ) or Höglund (see Hoglund ), and Dutch Hoogland . Compare Hogland 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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