Brief Life History of Walter Herbert
When Walter Herbert Alder was born on 5 June 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, George Alfred Alder, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Dunford, was 33. He married Wilhelmine Mary "Nellie" Westling on 14 October 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 March 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Walter H Alder, "United States Census, 1930"
- Walter H. Alder, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Walter Herbert Alder, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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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.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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