Brief Life History of Geraldine
When Geraldine Bearnson was born on 29 April 1918, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, Gisle Bearnson, was 38 and her mother, Vilmina Christina Valgardson, was 35. She married Virgil Bushman Smith on 20 December 1961, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She immigrated to World in 1945. She died on 12 October 2017, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Gerldine Bearnson in household of Gelsy Bearnson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: GERALDINE BEARNSON - Memory of Someone: My memory: birth: about January 1917; Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
- Geraldine Bearnson Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1924 · The Egyptian Theater is Constructed
"After the Arlington Hotel burnt down in 1923, Harman and Louis Peery devised a plan to build a grand theater like the Grand Opera House but with moving pictures. It was constructed after the manner of other famous theaters that were Egyptian-themed. The first feature played there was a silent film titled, ""Wanderer of the Wasteland"" and was accompanied by the famous pipe organ named, ""The Mighty Wurlitzer"". In 1951 the theater was renovated so that more people would be able to enjoy the films shown there. The theater exists today but only as a community theater and performing arts house."
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Bernsson: patronymic from the personal name Bernt . Both forms of the surname are rare in Sweden. In North America, this surname is therefore probably also an altered form of the most common Swedish cognate Berntsson (see Berntson ).
Americanized form of German, Dutch, Danish, or Norwegian Bernsen or Berntsen , cognates of 1. Compare Berntson .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Berenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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