Brief Life History of Walter Raymond Layton
When Walter Raymond Layton Pratt was born on 10 December 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Richard R. Layton, was 26 and his mother, Faye May Ohlson, was 19. He lived in Election Precinct 7, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 May 2012, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Raymond Pratt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Walter R. Pratt, "Find A Grave Index"
- Walter Raymond Pratt, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
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World Events (8)
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1931 · The Hogle Zoo
Being supported through Salt Lake City taxes, Hogle Zoo has been at its present location at the mouth of Emigration Canyon since 1931 on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hogle. In 1936, the zoo purchased Princess Alice, an elephant, from a traveling circus. She gave birth to the first elephant born in Utah. His name was Prince Utah and he died at eleven months old. Current exhibits include various birds, mammals, and reptiles from around the world.
1952 · Salt Lake City Floods
During the first week of May, more than 45 families were displaced from their homes as the flood waters began to engulf the surrounding area. Many were saved by rafts and the water caused millions of dollars in damages with thousands of acres of farmland deemed unusable.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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