Brief Life History of Grover Andrew
When Grover Andrew Thorup was born on 11 June 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Johannes Theobald Charles Thorup, was 37 and his mother, Hansine Engeline Andrea Berg, was 25. He married Lorraine Cleon Larsen on 10 April 1917. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Rural, South Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1948. He died on 9 June 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Grover Andrew Thorup, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Grover Andrew Thorup, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Grover Andrew Thorup, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Kresten.
Danish and Swedish: habitational name from a place so named in Denmark or various places called Torup.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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