Brief Life History of Grant R
When Grant R Andrus was born on 1 March 1918, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Andrus, was 29 and his mother, Hulda Maria Rasmussen, was 30. He married Janet Jackson Somerville about 1946, in United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Rural, South Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1935 and Mountain View Election Precinct, Bonner, Idaho, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 11 August 1994, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Draper City Cemetery, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Grant R Andrews, "United States 1950 Census"
- Grant R Andrus, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
- Grant R. Andrus, "BillionGraves Index"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrews .
History: William Andrus came to Boston in 1635 and moved to New Haven in 1639, where he died in 1676.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Grant R Andrus (memories from his brother DeVon F. Andrus)
Grant R Andrus was born 1 March 1918 and died 11 August 1994. He was the fifth child and fourth son of Benjamin Franklin Andrus and Hulda Maria Rasmussen. Grant married Janet Jackson Sommerville 26 Ju …
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