Brief Life History of Orson Mentzer
When Orson Mentzer Calder was born on 17 May 1887, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Orson Bennion Calder, was 25 and his mother, Catherine Snedaker, was 24. He married Fontella Stone on 2 June 1920. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1913 and lived in Election Precinct 3 South Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 17 February 1944, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (29)
- O. Mentzer Calder, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Orson Mentzer Calder, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Orson Mintzer Calder, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1887–1944 Male
1895–1983 Female
Children (1)
1922–2020 Female
Parents and Siblings
1862–1942 Male
1863–1922 Female
Siblings (7)
1887–1944 Male
1889–1969 Female
1890–1959 Male
1892–1918 Male
1894–1975 Male
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World Events (8)
1890
Age 3
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 3
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 16
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places called Calder in Midlothian and Caithness, or Cawdor in Nairnshire.
English: perhaps a habitational name from Calder in Cumbria, named from the river on which it stands (probably a British name, from Welsh caled ‘hard, violent’ + dwfr ‘water, stream’). However, the modern surname in England seems to be of Scottish origin, rather than from the Cumbrian placename.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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