Brief Life History of Rex Cooper
When Rex Cooper Ellsworth was born on 15 November 1907, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States, his father, William Ellsworth, was 35 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wanslee, was 32. He married Nola Zobedia Ferrin on 13 January 1927, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States. He lived in Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 24 August 1997, in Chino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Safford Cemetery, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Rex C Ellsworth, "United States 1950 Census"
- Rex C Ellsworth, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- Rex Cooper Ellsworth, "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Elsworth, a lost place in Norwood near Fewston (Yorkshire), from the Old English personal name El(l)i (see Ellington ) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’ (see Worth ).
English: habitational name from Elworth in Abbotsbury (Dorset) with instrusive -s-, from the Old English personal name Ella + Old English worth.
English: rare variant of Elsworthy, a habitational name from Elworthy (Somerset), with the same origin as the placename in 2 above (with Old English worth later replaced by worthig) ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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