Brief Life History of Alfonzo Joshua Brown
When Alfonzo Joshua Brown Baxter was born on 28 November 1898, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, John Love Baxter, was 32 and his mother, Susan Bailey Brown, was 31. He married Wilhelmina Caroline Larsen on 26 December 1921. He lived in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 December 1986, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Alfonzo B Baxter, "United States Census, 1930"
- Unknown, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Alfonzo Brown Baxter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1899 · The Salt Palace Convention Center
The original Salt Palace was built in 1899 and It stood on 900 South, between State Street and Main Street. The Salt Palace was a frame structure covered in large pieces of rock salt, which gave it its name. The Salt Palace was destroyed by fire on August 29, 1910 and was replaced by the Majestic Hall. This Hall only lasted for a while during the remodel of the Salt Palace. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake Comic Con has been held at the Salt Palace Convention Center since September 2013.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mission to the Southern States 9/30/1919 - 11/11/1920
Alfonzo or "Uncle Fon" as I knew him was a fun uncle to be around. He was constantly joking around. No doubt he was the designated family clown and prankster. There was the story of him as a boy when …
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