Brief Life History of Charles Leroy
When Charles Leroy Brailsford was born on 22 February 1911, in Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States, his father, John Henry Brailsford, was 21 and his mother, Ethel Lenora Adamson, was 17. He married Elna Tillie Thomson on 1 May 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States in 1930 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 25 February 1987, in North Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Charles Le Roy Brailsford, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Charlie Brailsford, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Charles LeRoy Brailsford, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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1919
Historical Boundaries: 1919: Clark, Nevada, United States
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English (East Midlands and Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Brailsford, possibly from an Old English word brægels, a metathesized form of bærgels, itself a byform of byrgels ‘tumulus, barrow’, + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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