Brief Life History of Joseph Ray
When Joseph Ray Stoddard was born on 30 October 1892, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Smith Stoddard, was 28 and his mother, Susan Ellen Thomas, was 21. He married Florence Irene Nelson on 31 March 1920, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died on 6 May 1948, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Ray Stoddard, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- J Ray Stoddard, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph Ray Stoddard, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan and permits Japan to trade in China.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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