When Elda Hanks was born on 12 October 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Sidney Alvarus Hanks, was 41 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth Huber, was 39. She married Elwin Boice on 26 July 1941, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 9 December 2002, in Rocklin, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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.
Named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill, Hill Field started as an ill-fated Air Mail experiment. Hoping to be located closer to the Salt Lake City area, the present-day site near Ogden was a clear favorite. In July 1939, Congress gave the green light for the establishment and construction of the Ogden Air Depot. Hill Field officially opened on 7 November 1940. Hill Field officially became Hill Air Force Base after World War II and continued to store and maintain warplanes during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Today the Air Force Base is still in service, but it also has an Aerospace Museum on site where many people visit each year to learn of its history in Northern Utah.
English: from the Middle English personal name Hanke, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In England this personal name was a shortened form of both Hankin and Hancock , both of which were used as pet forms of Henry . The equivalent Middle Dutch names Hanke and Hankin, however, had the sense ‘young John’ and may have been introduced to England by Flemish settlers after the Conquest. There is no evidence to support the suggestion that an English hereditary surname was formed from the Old Norse personal name Anki, a diminutive of personal names such as Arngrim and Arnketill.
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