Brief Life History of Shirley Ann
When Shirley Ann Abbott was born on 7 October 1924, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, her father, Myron Decator Abbott, was 34 and her mother, Martha Ann Burgess, was 33. She married Edward Ross Syphus on 6 February 1942, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. She immigrated to World in 1944 and lived in Clark, Nevada, United States in 1935 and St. George Election Precinct, Washington, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 21 June 2018, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Shirely Ann Abbott in household of Martha Ann Burgess Abbott, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Shirley Ann Abbott, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Shirley Ann Abbott Syphus, "Find A Grave Index"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1927 · Land Covered in Dinosaur Fossils
The quarry was originally found by sheepherders and cattlemen as they drove their animals through the area. The Department of Geology at the University of Utah soon visited the area and found 800 fossils of a variety of Dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era. Because of the proximity of the site to Cleveland, Utah, and because most of the expeditions were financed by Malcolm Lloyd, the site was later known as the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry. In later years, Princeton college spent three summers at the site. They collected a total of 1,200 bones, part of which were sent back to the school and mounted to complete a full skeleton of an Allosaurus, Utah’s State Fossil. Over the years, excavations led to the collection of more than 12,000 fossils from the quarry. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1965.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Abbott Family Basement Home
Myron Abbott's plan for this spot in Mesquite was a gas station that would support his growing family. After his sudden death, this basement became home for his wife, Martha, and their children. The h …
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