Brief Life History of Ellis Vard
When Ellis Vard Christensen was born on 2 August 1904, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, Christian Peter Christensen, was 27 and his mother, Alice Robena Ogden, was 25. He married Dorothea Ruth Pope on 4 January 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 30 March 1999, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Ellis Christensen, "United States Census, 1950"
- Ellis Vard Christensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Ellis Vard Christensen, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Ellis' Second Mission to Tahiti -- 1955-1958
On the morning of March 7, 1955, I received a phone call from President Stephen L. Richards who asked if I would be willing to accept a call as Mission President in Tahiti. He said to talk it over wit …
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