Brief Life History of Israel Bowen
When Israel Bowen Call was born on 10 October 1875, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Israel Call, was 21 and his mother, Medora White, was 20. He married Martha Balfour on 24 March 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Osgood Election Precinct, Bonneville, Idaho, United States for about 5 years. He died on 28 February 1961, in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Caribou, Idaho, United States.
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- Israel B Call, "United States 1950 Census"
- Israel B Call, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Israel Bowen Call, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Medora White Call
My mother, Medora White all, was born 9 April 1855 at Farmington Uah, Davis County. She was the daughter of John Stout White and Ann Eliza Everett White. She was the second daughter of eleven children …
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