Brief Life History of Spencer Lewis
When Spencer Lewis Bingham was born on 23 April 1918, in Burgess Hill, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Herbert James Bingham, was 29 and his mother, Bessie Hadler, was 30. He married Donna Geneva Smith on 11 November 1939, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1939 and lived in Utah, United States in 1935 and San Gabriel Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 28 June 1974, at the age of 56, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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- Spencer Lewis Bingham in household of Herbert James Bingham, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Spencer Lewis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Spencer Lewis Bingham, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
1933 · Sons of Utah Pioneers
Like the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, The National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers is an organization dedicated to preserving the legacy and studying the history of the Latter-day Saints Pioneers of Utah and the West. The organization is open to All good men of every age and circumstance who have an interest in the early Utah Pioneers. It is not necessary to have pioneer ancestry to join.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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