Brief Life History of George Smith
When George Smith Ballif was born on 4 June 1894, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, John Lyman Ballif, Sr., was 30 and his mother, Emma Gurney Smith, was 29. He married Algie Eggertsen on 24 December 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1895 and lived in United States in 1949 and World in 1960. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 31 October 1977, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- George S Ballif, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Ballif, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- George S Ballif, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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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.
1896 · The Logan Temple Barn
The Logan Temple Barn was built on the edge of the Logan temple property to house the animals belonging to the builders of the temple. It was one of only two stone barns built in Cache Valley. These barns became obsolete during the rise of the automobile era. The building and the land it was on was sold in 1919 and became an automobile repair shop. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 1985, and is still standing today.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Lupe, Ana Isabel, Armando, Gonzalo, Guadalupe, Hilaria, Jose, Juan, Juan Carlos, Juana Maria, Macario, Mario.
German and Danish: habitational name from a place so named near Neubrandenburg, Germany.
Jewish (western Ashkenazic): most likely, metronymic from the hypocoristic form (using the suffix -lin) of the Yiddish female personal name Be(y)le (see Balin 1). Earliest bearers of the name spelling Bal(l)in or Bellin appear in available sources of Switzerland at the turn of the 14th–15th centuries.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Smith Ballif Find A Grave Memorial# 57057253
George Smith Ballif Birth: Jun. 4, 1894 Logan Cache County Utah, USA Death: Oct. 31, 1977 Funeral Thursday For George S. Ballif Funeral services for George S. Ballif, 83, prominent Provo attorney …
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