Mark Henry Brimhall

Brief Life History of Mark Henry

When Mark Henry Brimhall was born on 18 June 1880, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, George Henry Brimhall, was 27 and his mother, Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins, was 24. He married Guinevere Ricks Smellie on 11 January 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. His occupation is listed as salesman of blankets; woolen goods in Dakota Township, Dakota, Nebraska, United States. He died on 2 August 1965, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mark Henry Brimhall
1880–1965
Guinevere Ricks Smellie
1886–1943
Marriage: 11 January 1905
Iona Smellie Brimhall
1905–2000
Jennie Winona Brimhall
1907–1976
Beth Brimhall
1910–1910
Erma Brimhall
1914–1914
Mark Bruce Brimhall
1916–1916
Bessie Brimhall
1917–1917
Eloise Brimhall
1922–1922

Sources (39)

  • Mark H Brimhall, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Mark H. Brimhall, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Mark Henry Brimhall, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bramhall .

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

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Kayla’s Memories of Great Grandpa

Memories of Great Grandpa Mark H. Brimhall by Kayla Allen MacKay. I remember him! He came to my baptism. He was slender and quiet and kind. I remember him walking down the aisle towards me as I sat …

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