Hyrum Andrus

Brief Life History of Hyrum

When Hyrum Andrus was born on 17 June 1862, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Milo Andrus, was 48 and his mother, Margaret Ann Boyes, was 22. He married Virginia Garner on 14 November 1899, in Fremont, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 5 Falls City, Jerome, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 28 January 1946, in Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Elba Grandview Cemetery, Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hyrum Andrus
1862–1946
Virginia Garner
1881–1956
Marriage: 14 November 1899
Charles Hyrum Andrus
1900–1981
Margaret Andrus
1902–1995
William Andrus
1904–1998
Abraham Owen Andrus
1906–1924
Rulon Andrus
1911–1911
George Eli Andrus
1916–1992
Edgar Garner Ted Andrus
1919–2011

Sources (82)

  • Hyrum Andrus, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962
  • Hyrum Andrus, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870

Historical Boundaries: 1870: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States

1885

Six men came to this area from Hooper, utah, to homestead in the early spring of 1885 They each built a log house. In 1886 Apostle John W Taylor of the LDS Church was sent to organize the group into a branch, a part of the Bannock Stake with headquarters in Rexburg, Idaho. The decision was made to name the ward in honor of Apostle Taylor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Andrews .

History: William Andrus came to Boston in 1635 and moved to New Haven in 1639, where he died in 1676.

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

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