Brief Life History of Orson Wells
When Orson Wells McClellan was born on 17 November 1881, in Brigham City, Apache, Arizona, United States, his father, William Carroll McClellan, was 53 and his mother, Elsie Jane Richardson, was 33. He married Geneva Porter on 11 June 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States in 1910 and Stockton, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 28 March 1968, in Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Orson Wells McClellan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Orsen Wells McClellan, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Orson W Mcclellan, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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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.
1882 · Maricopa Latter-day Saint Stake Organized
The Maricopa Stake was organized on December 10, 1882. Alexander Findlay Macdonald was called as president and Henry C. Rogers and Charles I. Robson were called as his counselors.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) and Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Faolán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. See also McLellan , compare Whelan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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