Cumorah Thurgood

Brief Life History of Cumorah

When Cumorah Thurgood was born on 1 February 1906, in Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Rowland Thurgood, was 34 and her mother, Millezer Parkin, was 29. She married Preston Denton Alder on 18 June 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in West Point, Davis, Utah, United States for about 20 years and United States in 1949. She died on 20 June 1998, in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Preston Denton Alder
1905–1998
Cumorah Thurgood
1906–1998
Marriage: 18 June 1930
Reed Thurgood Alder
1931–2003
Val Jean Alder
1932–1996
Preston Larry Alder
1941–2007

Sources (39)

  • Cumorah Alder, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Cumorah Thurgood, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
  • Cumorah Thurgood Alder, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

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.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English (Essex, Middlesex and Hertfordshire): from the Middle English personal name Thurgod (Old Norse Thorgautr), composed of the Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + the ethnic name Gautr (see Joslin ), influenced in some cases by common English words such as ‘good’.

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

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