Harold James Bishop

Brief Life History of Harold James

When Harold James Bishop was born on 8 February 1893, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Amos Henry Bishop, was 33 and his mother, Lucy Belle Smith, was 21. He married Jessie Hazel Beazer on 26 June 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Idaho Falls Election Precinct 7, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1950 and World for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 21 April 1959, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harold James Bishop
1893–1959
Jessie Hazel Beazer
1893–1965
Marriage: 26 June 1918
Lowell Beazer Bishop
1920–1981
Stanley Smith Bishop
1922–2007
Harold Don Bishop
1924–1974
Weston Beazer Bishop
1926–1995
DeOrr Holyoak Bishop
1930–1944
Vernon James Bishop
1933–2010

Sources (94)

  • Harold J Bishop, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Harold J Bishop, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
  • Harold J Bishop, "Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918"

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1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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.

1911 · The Salt Lake International Airport

The Salt Lake International Airport starts its history as a small airfield. It slowly grew until Charles Lindbergh visited that area. After his visit, the airfield changed into a Municipal Airport and started being a hub for most flights from New York to California. After World War II, the airport turned into an international hub for most flights in the Mountain West. In recent history, It sees around 30 million travelers each year and continues to grow in popularity by the local residents.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English bissop, biscop, Old English bisc(e)op ‘bishop’, which comes via Latin from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’. The Greek word was adopted early in the Christian era as a title for an overseer of a local community of Christians, and has yielded cognates in every European language: French évêque, Italian vescovo, Spanish obispo, Russian yepiskop, German Bischof, etc. The word came to be applied as a surname for a variety of reasons, among them a supposed resemblance in bearing or appearance to a bishop, and selection as the ‘boy bishop’ on Saint Nicholas's Feast Day. In some instances the surname is from the rare Middle English (Old English) personal name Biscop ‘bishop’. As an Irish surname it is adopted for Mac Giolla Easpaig, meaning ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ). In North America, this surname has absorbed, by assimilation and translation, at least some of continental European cognates, e.g. German Bischoff , Polish, Rusyn, Czech, and Slovak Biskup , Slovenian Škof (see Skoff ).

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

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Short history of the the First Eagle Rock Ward later changed to the Idaho Falls First LDS Ward (1880'S-1964)

History Recalled Of Idaho Falls First LDS Ward The last paragraph lists all the Bishops of the First Ward Farewell Banquet Slated For Dec. 4, 1964 By Joe Marker, Post-Register Staff writer Originall …

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