Brief Life History of David Orson
When David Orson Calder was born on 18 June 1823, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, George Calder, was 29 and his mother, Anne Swanson Johnston, was 22. He married Ann Rogers Mackay on 6 April 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 3 July 1884, in Lake Point, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- David O Calder, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: David Orson Calder - birth-name: David Orson J Calder
- David O Calder, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places called Calder in Midlothian and Caithness, or Cawdor in Nairnshire.
English: perhaps a habitational name from Calder in Cumbria, named from the river on which it stands (probably a British name, from Welsh caled ‘hard, violent’ + dwfr ‘water, stream’). However, the modern surname in England seems to be of Scottish origin, rather than from the Cumbrian placename.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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DAVID ORSON CALDER (From the Records of Valene Calder Hubbard Great Granddaughter) David Orson Calder was the oldest son of George Sutherland Calder and Ann Swanson Johnston Calder. He was bo …
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