Stephen Samuel Buckwalter

Brief Life History of Stephen Samuel

When Stephen Samuel Buckwalter was born on 15 July 1876, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Henry Shuler Buckwalter, was 45 and his mother, Harriet Victoria Orton, was 36. He married Eliza Hinchcliff on 24 February 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 28 December 1958, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Samuel Buckwalter
1876–1958
Eliza Hinchcliff
1875–1944
Marriage: 24 February 1909
Ralston Stephen Buckwalter
1909–1941
Mathias Henry Buckwalter
1911–1913
Nathan Wendell Buckwalter
1913–1987
Afton Buckwalter
1915–1971
June Clarice Buckwalter
1917–1973

Sources (55)

  • Stephen Buckwalter, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Stephen S. Buckwalter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Stephen Samuel Buckwalter, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German and German Buchwalder: variant of Buchwald .

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

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