William Peter Dopp

Brief Life History of William Peter

When William Peter Dopp was born on 16 February 1877, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Dopp, was 24 and his mother, Marian Jane Glover, was 20. He married Elizabeth Baker on 15 November 1899, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cornish, Cache, Utah, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. He died on 12 November 1954, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Peter Dopp
1877–1954
Elizabeth Baker
1879–1955
Marriage: 15 November 1899
Gladys Dopp
1903–1979
Raymond Abram Dopp
1914–1953

Sources (41)

  • William P Dopp, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Peter Dopp, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • William Peter Dopp, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · Logan Temple Dedication

On May 17, 1884, the Logan temple was dedicated by John Taylor. It was the only temple dedicated by him and was the second temple in Utah. The temple went under a major reconstruction project in 1976 to increase the capacity of the rooms inside and was rededicated in 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German:

from Low German doppe, duppe ‘beaker, jar’, hence presumably a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such vessels or from a house that showed such a sign.

from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with theud, diot ‘people, race’.

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

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