Brief Life History of Sanford Moroni
When Sanford Moroni Bingham was born on 20 June 1914, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, his father, George Sanford Bingham, was 32 and his mother, Janet Anderson Gerber, was 32. He married Eda Alene Ashby on 12 August 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Utah, United States in 1930 and American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 9 years. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 24 June 2000, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Sanford M Bingham, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sanford M Bingham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Sanford Moroni Bingham, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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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.
1916 · Parcel Post Bank Constructed
"The Bank of Vernal is constructed in 1916, using bricks from Salt Lake City. Later on the bank of Vernal is known as the """"Parcel Post Bank"""" because the bricks used in constructing the building are mailed to Vernal because it is the cheapest method at the time."
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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