Brief Life History of Victor Lester
When Victor Lester Bingham was born on 22 April 1915, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, his father, Lester Bingham, was 29 and his mother, Martha May Roberson, was 27. He married Marjorie Olson on 5 January 1939, in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in World for about 5 years and Gooding, Idaho, United States in 2001. He died on 23 November 1985, in Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Maesar-Fairview Cemetery, Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Victor Bingham, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Victor Lester Bingham - Individual or family possessions: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Victor Lester Bingham
- Victor Lester Bingham, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · Parcel Post Bank Constructed
"The Bank of Vernal is constructed in 1916, using bricks from Salt Lake City. Later on the bank of Vernal is known as the """"Parcel Post Bank"""" because the bricks used in constructing the building are mailed to Vernal because it is the cheapest method at the time."
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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