Iris Marjorie Alger

Brief Life History of Iris Marjorie

When Iris Marjorie Alger was born on 27 April 1915, in Elmo, Emery, Utah, United States, her father, Samuel Nelson Alger, was 30 and her mother, Julia Adelaide Sanderson, was 32. She married Kenneth Patterson Child on 9 December 1940, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1950 and Weston, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 2002. She died on 1 December 2002, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kenneth Patterson Child
1918–1963
Iris Marjorie Alger
1915–2002
Marriage: 9 December 1940
Ellis Nelson Child
1943–2020
Joel Richard Child
1944–2008

Sources (29)

  • Iris A Childs, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Iris M Alger Child, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Iris Marjorie Alger, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

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.

1917 · The Carnegie Library

The Carnegie Library in Preston was completed in 1917 with a $10,000 grant funded by Andrew Carnegie. The Carnegie Library housed the city offices on the lower floor.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Alger. Pronounced with a soft g it is from Old French Alg(i)er, Aug(i)er (ancient Germanic Adalgari, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + gāri ‘spear’); see Auger . Pronounced with a hard g, it is a variant of Algar .

Scottish and English: in Scotland, Alger may be a variant of Algeo .

German: from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal name Adalgar (see 1 above).

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

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