Brief Life History of Sidney Dunford
When Sidney Dunford Alder was born on 9 December 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, George Alfred Alder, was 39 and his mother, Lydia Dunford, was 36. He married Hazel Norine Miller on 7 December 1912, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 13 July 1960, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sidney D Alder, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sidney D Alder, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
- Sidney Dunford Alder, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree or by a group of alders, from Middle English al(d)re, alder.
German: variant of Alter .
German: status name for a senior, from Middle High German althērre ‘(respected) older gentleman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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