Brief Life History of Harry Purdy
When Harry Purdy Bagley was born on 20 December 1898, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Horace Bowman Bagley, was 27 and his mother, Lily Eliza Purdy, was 26. He married Ina Gertrude Cobabe from 1917 to 1920, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, United States in 1935 and Sacramento Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 9 March 1976, in Newman, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Newman, Stanislaus, California, United States.
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- Harry Bagley in household of Harry Bagley, "United States Census, 1900"
- Harry P Bagley, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
- Harry Purdy Bagley, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1899 · The Salt Palace Convention Center
The original Salt Palace was built in 1899 and It stood on 900 South, between State Street and Main Street. The Salt Palace was a frame structure covered in large pieces of rock salt, which gave it its name. The Salt Palace was destroyed by fire on August 29, 1910 and was replaced by the Majestic Hall. This Hall only lasted for a while during the remodel of the Salt Palace. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake Comic Con has been held at the Salt Palace Convention Center since September 2013.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Baguley in Cheshire or from any of several places called Bagley, in Devon, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Yorkshire. These get their names either from the Old English personal name Bacga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ or from an unattested Old English word, bagga, for a ‘bag-shaped’ object or creature + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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