Brief Life History of Harold Eugene
When Harold Eugene Brough was born on 14 March 1895, in Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Richard Brough, was 20 and his mother, Pearl Muir, was 19. He married Isabelle Maughan Moslander on 4 October 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Wyoming, United States in 1937 and Election District 1 Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 24 June 1972, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Evanston City Cemetery, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Harold E Brough, "United States 1950 Census"
- Harold Eugene Brough, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Harold Eugene Brough, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various English places called Brough or Burgh. See Burgh .
Scottish: habitational name from Brough in Harray (Orkney).
Americanized form of German Brauch or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Harold Brough's Autobiography
“Brief History of the life of Harold Eugene Brough. Born March 14th, 1895 at Randolph, Rich County, Utah. Father; Benjamin Richard Brough. Mother; Pearl Muir.” I was three years old when he [my g …
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