Joseph Arnold Burrows

Brief Life History of Joseph Arnold

When Joseph Arnold Burrows was born on 8 November 1893, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Burrows, was 26 and his mother, Mary Louisa Anderson, was 23. He married Rhoda Cecilia Mortensen on 7 October 1916, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Huntsville Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States for about 40 years. He died on 9 February 1953, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Joseph Arnold Burrows
1893–1953
Rhoda Cecilia Mortensen
1894–1983
Marriage: 7 October 1916
Lila Favorite Burrows
1917–1992
Paul Arnold Burrows
1921–1986

Sources (54)

  • Joseph Arnold Burrows in household of Wm Henry Burrows, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • J Arnold Burrows, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
  • Joseph Arnold Burrows, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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.

1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens

The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English:

variant of Burrow , with excrescent -s.

(mainly Sheffield): occasionally also a topographic name or occupational name for someone who lived or worked at a house with a chamber for conducting manorial business (Middle English bour, Old English būr ‘bower, chamber’, + hous ‘house’). Compare Burroughs and Burris .

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

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