Christian Call

Brief Life History of Christian

When Christian Call was born on 24 January 1887, in Chesterfield, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Ira Call, was 25 and his mother, Emma Jane Barlow, was 24. He married Anna Elizabeth Rueger on 8 October 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Chesterfield Election Precinct, Bannock, Idaho, United States for about 5 years and Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 3 October 1969, in Bancroft, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Chesterfield Cemetery, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christian Call
1887–1969
Anna Elizabeth Rueger
1890–1979
Marriage: 8 October 1908
Myrna Louise Call
1916–2005

Sources (40)

  • Cael, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Christian Call, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Christian Call, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened form of McCall .

English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.

English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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