Rao Bingham Dunford

Brief Life History of Rao Bingham

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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Family Time Line

Rao Bingham Dunford
1891–1969
Venice Blanche Smith
1900–1993
Marriage: 18 May 1921
Forrest Smith Dunford
1922–2003
Rayo Dunford
1924–2010
DeVonne Dunford
1926–2020
Gloria Dunford
1928–2022

Sources (61)

  • Rao B Dunford, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Rao Bingham Dunford, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Rao B Dunford, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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1894 · The Affair - Dreyfus is Accused of Treason

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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.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

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

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