Brief Life History of Brandon
When Brandon Longhurst was born on 26 January 1917, in Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, his father, Warren Longhurst, was 48 and his mother, Eva Allred, was 28. He married Betty Jean Napier on 1 May 1948, in San Juan, New Mexico, United States. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1950 and Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 2000. He died on 30 May 2002, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Brandass Longstreet, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Brandon Longhurst - Church record: birth: 26 January 1917;
- Brandon Longhurst, "New Mexico US Select County Marriages, 1877-2000"
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World Events (8)
1919 · Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple Announced
The Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple was announced on October 3, 1919. Don Carlos Young and Ramm Hansen were chosen to design the temple. The Mesa, Arizona temple was the first temple to be built in Arizona.
1920
Obregón rebels. Carranza dies. Obregón elected president.
1940
Manuel Ávila Camacho presidency. Mexico joins Allies in declaring war on Axis powers. PRM reorganized to provide wider representation and renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional--PRI). Bracero (migrant Mexican worker) agreement established between Mexico and United States.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Langhurst in Limpsfield or Langhurst House in Chiddingfold (both Surrey). The placenames derive from Old English lang ‘long’ + hyrst ‘hillock, copse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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