Brief Life History of John Robert
When John Robert Carlston was born on 6 August 1918, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Orenus Carlston, was 42 and his mother, Dorinda Serena Dorius, was 39. He married Marjorie Grace Sears on 25 February 1943, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. He lived in Utah, United States for about 15 years and Wythe District, Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 3 April 1996, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John R Carlston, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Robert Carlston, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- John Robert Carlston, "West Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Swedish Carlsson or Danish and Norwegian Carlsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Robert Carlston I was born on August 6, 1918 in our family home in Ephraim, Utah. I was the sixth son born to the union of Benjamin Orinus Carlston and Dorinda Serena Dorius Carlston. The six b …
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