Loren Richard Dunkley

6 September 1884–2 December 1965 (Age 81)
Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States

The Life Summary of Loren Richard

When Loren Richard Dunkley was born on 6 September 1884, in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States, his father, Joseph Dunkley, was 60 and his mother, Margaret Wright, was 33. He married Viola Pratt on 24 December 1919, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Whitney, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1963. He died on 2 December 1965, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Loren Richard Dunkley
1884–1965
Viola Pratt
1899–1984
Marriage: 24 December 1919
LRa Vallene Dunkley
1922–2006
Richard Pratt Dunkley
1927–1993
Dayle Walker Dunkley
1930–2010
K Wright Dunkley
1932–2014
Blythe Dunkley
1934–1934

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 December 1919Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (16)

    +11 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 2
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1896 · Utah Becomes a State
    Age 12
    After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
    1906 · Saving Food Labels
    Age 22
    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    Name Meaning

    English:(Northamptonshire): habitational name from Dinckley in Lancashire, recorded as Dunkythele in 1246 and Dinkedeley in 1258, probably arising from an old British name, composed of elements meaning ‘fort’ + ‘wood’, with the addition of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.in the South Midlands perhaps a variant of Dingley .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Dingley
    Dunklee
    Dunckley
    Dunkerley
    Dunklin

    Story Highlight

    Loren R Dunkley

    Grandpa was a hard working farmer who didn't appreciate his upstart of a nephew Ezra Taft Benson telling him how to plant his fields. When he got off his mission to Turkey he went to stay with his ol …

    Sources (34)

    • Loren Richard Dunkley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Loren Richard Dunkley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
    • Lorin Dunkley in entry for Richard Pratt Dunkley, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

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