Rulon Stanley Howells

Brief Life History of Rulon Stanley

When Rulon Stanley Howells was born on 25 May 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Francis Howells, was 47 and his mother, Mary Bratton Parrish, was 43. He married Mary Henrietta Peirce on 26 August 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 19 October 1978, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rulon Stanley Howells
1902–1978
Mary Henrietta Peirce
1904–2003
Marriage: 26 August 1931
Marian Howells
1933–2008
Robert Howells
1937–1937

Sources (30)

  • Rulon Stanley Howells in household of Mary Parrish Howells, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Rulon Stanley Howells, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Rulon Stanley Howells, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1908 · The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot

Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot dates to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. Originally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroads and the Oregon Short Line. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the passenger services at the station, but all trains were moved to the Rio Grande station after it joined Amtrak. In January 2006, The Depot was opened as a shopping center that housed shops, restaurants and music venues.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Howell , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent English -s.

English: perhaps occasionally a nickname for someone who was fearless, from Middle English houe, houwe ‘anxiety, fear’ (Old English hogu or hoga) + les ‘less’. If this has survived as a modern surname, its pronunciation has been influenced by that of the name in 1 above.

English: variant of Holes .

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

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