Brief Life History of Quinn Lamar
When Quinn Lamar Clayton was born on 29 July 1904, in Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, United States, his father, John Algene Clayton, was 23 and his mother, Golda Mortensen, was 20. He married Eva Farley on 17 January 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 5 years and Election Precinct 31 Central Price, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 July 1977, in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States.
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- Quinn Lamar Clayton, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Quinn Lamar Clayton, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Quinn L Clayton, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1908 · The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot
Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot dates to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. Originally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroads and the Oregon Short Line. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the passenger services at the station, but all trains were moved to the Rio Grande station after it joined Amtrak. In January 2006, The Depot was opened as a shopping center that housed shops, restaurants and music venues.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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