Brief Life History of Alexander Halliday
When Alexander Halliday Archibald was born on 6 May 1873, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, William Russell Archibald, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Halliday, was 33. He married Laura Olivia Thompson on 29 September 1897, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 11 December 1941, in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Alexander Halliday Archibald, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Alexander Archibald, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Alexander H Archibald, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1890
Historical Boundaries: 1890: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from a personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) ancient Germanic origin (see Archambault ). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.
History: This is the name of a leading Nova Scotia family, taken there by four brothers who emigrated from Londonderry, northern Ireland, in 1750–62.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Recorded in Vinson F. Davis Sr. journal (Alex wife's uncle) Thursday March 18, 1926 "Alex Archibald who married my eldest sister's eldest daughter came to my home and remained all night. He was selli …
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