Brief Life History of William August
When William August Behling was born on 8 August 1895, in Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany, his father, Albert Ferdinand Ludwig Behling, was 44 and his mother, Anna Auguste Emilie Barkow, was 35. He married Linda Minerva Nelson on 21 April 1920, in Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1904 and lived in Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 May 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- William Behling, "United States Census, 1930"
- William August Behling, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- William August Behling, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 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.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1908 · The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot
Being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot dates to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. Originally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroads and the Oregon Short Line. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the passenger services at the station, but all trains were moved to the Rio Grande station after it joined Amtrak. In January 2006, The Depot was opened as a shopping center that housed shops, restaurants and music venues.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Kurt, Erwin, Ewald, Heinz, Monika, Reinhold.
German:
habitational name from Behling in the Ruhr district (near Hagen), or possibly from Behlingen, Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, or Belingen (Rhineland-Palatinate).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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