Brief Life History of Eugene Francis
When Eugene Francis Bell was born on 25 January 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred James Bell, was 38 and his mother, Samantha Evaline Shurtliff, was 32. He married Helen White on 25 October 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 10 January 1990, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Eugene F Bell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Eugene Francis Bell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Eugene Francis Bell, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Bells Confectionery: A Multigenerational Business for Alfred James Bell and several of his Children
Bells Confectionery was originally owned by Alfred James Bell and run by him and two of his sons: Eugene and Marion. He later traded it to his son Alfred Mervill Bell for a farm. Mervill and his wife …
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