Madalyn Cropper

Female2 September 1951–21 August 1957

Brief Life History of Madalyn

When Madalyn Cropper was born on 2 September 1951, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, Melvin Marlow Cropper, was 21 and her mother, Carol Dawn Moody, was 22. She died on 21 August 1957, in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Deseret City Cemetery, Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Melvin Marlow Cropper
1929–2012
Carol Dawn Moody
1929–1993
Madalyn Cropper
1951–1957
Karen Louise Cropper
1954–2021

Sources (8)

  • Madalyn Cropper in household of Melvin Marlow Cropper, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Madalyn Cropper, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Madalyn Cropper in entry for Melvin Marlow Cropper, "ObitsUtah Obituary Index"

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World Events (4)

1952 · Uranium in Moab

Age 1

Uranium mining in Utah has a history going back more than 100 years but, it started as a byproduct of vanadium mining. With the development of Nuclear Weapons, Utah saw a uranium boom in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but uranium mining declined near the end of the Cold War. Currently Uranium is still being mined but just a small amount for power plants and for research.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Age 4

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

1955 · To War in Vietnam

Age 4

The Vietnam War was another civil war brought about from the Cold War. It was fought between the North Vietnamese, who were supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies, and the South Vietnamese, who were supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war caused two more civil wars in Laos and Cambodia and resulted in all three countries becoming communist states.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Lancashire): occupational name for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of cereal crops, from cropper(e) ‘one who reaps crops or trims trees’, an agent derivative of Middle English cropt(en) ‘to pick’. The word was used also to denote the polling of livestock and the name may therefore have been given to someone with this responsibility.

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

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