Robert Howard Andrus

Brief Life History of Robert Howard

When Robert Howard Andrus was born on 31 July 1896, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Andrus, was 22 and his mother, Lovenia Evelyn Bawden, was 24. He married Elva Lovina Dixon on 18 December 1924, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ucon Election Precinct, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 25 August 1986, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Ucon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Howard Andrus
1896–1986
Elva Lovina Dixon
1895–1988
Marriage: 18 December 1924
Dora Lee Andrus
1937–2002

Sources (35)

  • R Howard Andrus, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Howard Andrus, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Robert Howard Andrus, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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World Events (8)

1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

1901

First Federal election.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

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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Uncle Howard and the Bus by Michele Law

Family History Data Base Note from Michele Law Uncle Howard and the Bus I knew Robert Howard Andrus as my grandmother's ancient brother, Uncle Howard. My grandmother, Sarah Jane Andrus, loved her brot …

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