When Charles Selwyn Adair was born on 10 July 1915, in Luna, Socorro, New Mexico, United States, his father, Charles Newton Adair Jr, was 26 and his mother, Henrietta Reynolds, was 22. He married Etta Pearl Reidhead on 13 March 1942, in Maricopa, Pinal, Arizona, United States. He died on 22 February 2013, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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The Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple was announced on October 3, 1919. Don Carlos Young and Ramm Hansen were chosen to design the temple. The Mesa, Arizona temple was the first temple to be built in Arizona.
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
The Defense Depot Ogden Utah was one of several facilities located around the nation that produced and maintain equiptment needed for the Armed Forces. During World War II, it was also used to house prisoners of war from both Germany and Italy. It has since been moved to Hill Airforce Base, south of Ogden, and the land has been mostly been made into Ogden's Business Depot.
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, a form of Edgar .
History: James Adair (c. 1709–83) was an ‘Indian trader’ in SC from 1735; he was born in Antrim, northern Ireland. Baron William Adair, from Scotland, also settled in SC at around the same period.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCowboy story of the cow off the cliff by Charles N. Adair Jr. (from an audio recording made November, 1977) (Grandpa had already roped the cow and she had run off about a 100-foot cliff in the Blue, b …
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