Brief Life History of Joseph LeRoy
When Joseph LeRoy Atkinson was born on 28 April 1878, in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred Henry Atkinson, was 29 and his mother, Johanna Mathilda Peterson, was 25. He married Mary Barbara Godfrey on 10 October 1906, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in World in 1935. He died on 29 December 1935, in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Leroy Atkinson, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Mr. Joseph L Atkinson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph Leroy Atkinson, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
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.
Name Meaning
English (northern): patronymic from the personal name Atkin or Adkin, pet forms of Adam.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Memories of Mary Barbara Godfrey by Elizabeth Fine (daughter)
This account is from the book, "Posterity of Joseph Leroy Atkinson and Mary Barbara Godfrey" published by Helen Cowan and Elizabeth (Beth) Fine in 1999. Mary Barbara Godfrey was born August 13, 1885. …
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