Wayne Millen Atwood

Brief Life History of Wayne Millen

When Wayne Millen Atwood was born on 10 March 1892, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Millen Moroni Atwood, was 28 and his mother, Mary Ann Bird, was 29. He married Margaret Josephine Greer on 14 March 1917. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 1, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940. He died on 27 March 1974, in Daly City, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wayne Millen Atwood
1892–1974
Margaret Josephine Greer
1896–1947
Marriage: 14 March 1917
Wayne Lamar Atwood
1917–1983

Sources (22)

  • Wyane M Atwood in household of Milton M Atwood, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Wayne Millen Atwood, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Wayne M Atwood, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

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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.

1899 · Hague Peace Convention

The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.

1914 · WWI and the Netherlands

During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English atte wode (Old English æt thǣm wuda) ‘by the wood’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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