David Athay

Brief Life History of David

When David Athay was born on 21 December 1879, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, James Athay, was 47 and his mother, Ellen Morris, was 47. He married Julia Blair on 22 December 1909, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 15 June 1947, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Athay
1879–1947
Julia Blair
1880–1963
Marriage: 22 December 1909
James Blair Athay
1910–1969

Sources (28)

  • David Athay, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: David Athay - Government record: birth: 21 December 1877; Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
  • David Athay, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: see Athey .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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Willard H. Booth's mission journal. Jan of 1901 transcribed by Tanner M. Thompson

[Original spelling is kept] Page 20 Tuesday, Jan 1, 1901[:] the begining of the 20 century, I was at Westhoughton visiting my cousings. the first day of the year was spent part in Westhoughton and p …

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