Brief Life History of William Junior
When William Junior Baird was born on 19 July 1890, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Brigham Young Baird, was 44 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Allen, was 38. He married Irene Esplin Heaton on 8 October 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Election Precinct 5 Alton, Kane, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 31 December 1957, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Richfield City Cemetery, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Wm J Baird, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Junior Baird, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- William J Baird, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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