Brief Life History of John Anson
When John Anson Call was born on 14 December 1876, in Sunset, Yavapai, Arizona, United States, his father, Israel Call, was 22 and his mother, Medora White, was 21. He married Annie Beatrice Law on 23 December 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1944 and lived in Sunset, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880 and Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States for about 40 years. He died on 30 August 1958, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- John A Call, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Anson Call - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Anson Call
- John A Call, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1881
Arizona
1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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
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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Medora White Call
My mother, Medora White all, was born 9 April 1855 at Farmington Uah, Davis County. She was the daughter of John Stout White and Ann Eliza Everett White. She was the second daughter of eleven children …
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