Joseph Henry Laker

23 March 1887–8 June 1970 (Age 83)
St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Henry

When Joseph Henry Laker was born on 23 March 1887, in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Lashbrook Laker, was 51 and his mother, Kate Cornelia Evans, was 24. He married Phyllis Woodhouse on 11 February 1914, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 8 June 1970, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Saint Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Henry Laker
1887–1970
Bertha H Hymas
1891–1965
Marriage: 28 September 1921
Grant Benjamin Laker
1922–2008
Della LaRue Laker
1925–2012
Lash Hymas Laker
1927–2012
Henry Laker
1930–1930
Ruth L Laker
1933–2012

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 September 1921Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 3
    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.
    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
    Age 4
    Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
    1909 · The NAACP is formed
    Age 22
    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

    English (Sussex and Kent): topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Old English lacu ‘stream’ (see Lake , Lakeman ) + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.North German: variant of Lake .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Lake

    Sources (41)

    • Joseph Henry Laker, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Joseph H Laker, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
    • Joseph Henry Laker, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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