Brief Life History of Benjamin Edward
When Benjamin Edward Call was born on 26 December 1914, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Carlos Call, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Louise Bywater, was 30. He married Merle Castleton on 11 June 1941, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 2002 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1943. He died in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Benjamin Call in household of Benjamin Carlos Call, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Benjamin Edward Call, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Benjamin Edward Call, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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1928 · Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
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1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Little Liza Jane
Every time great Grandpa Call would see me, he would hold my hands and sing, "Little Liza Jane". I was young and thought he was funny, but very sweet.
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