Brief Life History of Heber
When Heber Meeks was born on 10 October 1890, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Heber Jesse Meeks, was 21 and his mother, Clarissa Amanda Bowers, was 19. He married Effie Mame Fullmer on 17 December 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to World in 1948 and lived in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States in 1900 and Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 19 March 1986, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Heber Meeks, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Heber Meeks, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Heber Meeks, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Cambridgeshire): variant of Meek , with post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Mix .
Dutch: patronymic from Meek 3.
History: Thomas Meeks (born c. 1624 in London) emigrated to New Haven, CT, in or before 1643. In 17th-century New Haven this surname was also spelled Meekes, Mix, and Mixx.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Heber Meeks
Heber Meeks was born October 10, 1890, in Orderville, Kane County, Utah, to Heber Jesse Meeks and Clara Amanda Bowers. He was the eldest of eleven children. Heber went through the school system in O …
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