Robert Earl Brailsford

Brief Life History of Robert Earl

When Robert Earl Brailsford was born on 20 June 1913, in Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, United States, his father, John Henry Brailsford, was 23 and his mother, Ethel Lenora Adamson, was 19. He married Freeda Webster on 18 January 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Election District 2, Park, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 14 June 2000, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Robert Earl Brailsford
1913–2000
Freeda Webster
1915–1997
Marriage: 18 January 1937

Sources (26)

  • Robert E Brailsford, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Earl Brailsford, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Robert Earl Brailsford, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1915 · Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (East Midlands and Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Brailsford, possibly from an Old English word brægels, a metathesized form of bærgels, itself a byform of byrgels ‘tumulus, barrow’, + ford ‘ford’.

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

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