Brief Life History of John Gurnett
When John Gurnett Allred was born on 11 September 1876, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, James Henry Allred, was 27 and his mother, Kate Markland Jones, was 22. He married Harriet Ann Hartley on 14 February 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. He died on 8 March 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John Gernell Allred, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- John G Allred, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Garnett Allred, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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: variant of Aldred 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Gurnett Allred
John Gurnett Allred, son of James H. and Kate Jones Allred, was born in Lehi, Utah, 11 September 1876. He married Harriet Hartly in the Salt Lake Temple, 14 Feb. 1900. He had two sons, Paul and Ha …
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