When Rao Bingham Dunford was born on 25 April 1891, in Nūhaka, Wairoa, New Zealand, his father, Oliver Cowdery Dunford, was 27 and his mother, Ida Ann Osmond, was 22. He married Venice Blanche Smith on 18 May 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bloomington, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States for about 20 years and Georgetown Election Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1928, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as school teacher in Woodville, Bingham, Idaho, United States. He died on 27 November 1969, in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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The Dreyfus affair was a huge scandal in the late 19th century and early 20th century French. Alfred Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1859 in Mulhouse, France and died on July 12, 1935 in Paris France. He was convicted of treason. He was accused of being a spy in the German embassy in France.
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.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
habitational name from Dunford Bridge, in Thurlstone (Yorkshire), so called from the river Don (a British name possibly meaning ‘river’) + Old English ford ‘ford’, or from Dunford House in Methley (Yorkshire), named in Old English as ‘Dunn's ford’ (see Dunn 2).
variant of Durnford, a habitational name from Durnford in Wiltshire, arising from Old English dierne + ford ‘hidden ford’. Alternatively, the name may perhaps arise from Dunford, alias Durnford, in Addlestone (Surrey).
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