Brief Life History of Ammon Tunis
When Ammon Tunis Rappleye was born on 23 September 1873, in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Ammon Llewellyn Rappleye, was 29 and his mother, Anna Sophia Larsen, was 24. He married Thursa Elizabeth Naylor on 3 January 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 27 December 1963, in Studio City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Kanosh Cemetery, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Ammon T Rappleye, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ammon Tunis Rappleye, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Ammon T. Rappleye, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1897 · The Utah State Historical Society
The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Rapalje and Rapelje , Dutch-influenced surnames of Walloon and northern French origin. Compare Rapley 2, Rappley , and Rappleyea .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Family sourced by Irene Groneman
Kanosh Ward Records G.S. film # 26058
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