THE DATES WITHIN OUR STORIES
Journeys, beginnings, farewells, and ordinary days—follow the dates written into our family’s accounts.
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Utah & the United States
The rail lines met at Promontory Summit, Utah, linking rail travel across the country.
Source: U.S. National Park Service ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →A FAMILY ACCOUNT
… 6 May 1903 in Hooper, (Kanesville Ward) Utah. His father, James H. Fielding was born 10 November 1869 at Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, Eliza Mayberry, was born 11, December 1875 at Franklin, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother died 3 July 1926 and his fat …
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… born 10 November 1869 at Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, Eliza Mayberry, was born 11, December 1875 at Franklin, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother died 3 July 1926 and his father died 19 January 1935, their wedding anniversary date.
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Utah entered the Union as its forty-fifth state.
Source: Utah Division of Archives and Records Service ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →A FAMILY ACCOUNT
… born 11, December 1875 at Franklin, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother died 3 July 1926 and his father died 19 January 1935, their wedding anniversary date.
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ROY E. FIELDING was born 6 May 1903 in Hooper, (Kanesville Ward) Utah. His father, James H. Fielding was born 10 November 1869 at Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, Eliza Mayberry, was born 11, December 1875 at Franklin, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother die …
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The Wright brothers made sustained, controlled flights in their powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk.
Source: U.S. National Park Service ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Europe & the wider world
A global war reshaped nations and drew millions of service members and civilians into conflict.
Source: National WWI Museum and Memorial ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Worldwide
Successive waves of influenza spread across the world as the First World War came to an end.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · United States
The amendment prohibited denying voting rights on the basis of sex, though other discriminatory barriers persisted.
Source: U.S. National Archives ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →A FAMILY ACCOUNT
… n, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother died 3 July 1926 and his father died 19 January 1935, their wedding anniversary date.
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An economic collapse beginning in 1929 brought widespread unemployment and hardship; U.S. recovery extended into the Second World War.
Source: Federal Reserve History ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →A FAMILY ACCOUNT
… he Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother died 3 July 1926 and his father died 19 January 1935, their wedding anniversary date.
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War spread across Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, bringing mass displacement, the Holocaust, and immense loss of life.
Source: The National WWII Museum ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Denmark
German forces occupied Denmark, beginning years of occupation, rationing, and resistance.
Source: National Museum of Denmark ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Worldwide
The UN Charter entered into force after ratification, establishing a new organization for international cooperation.
Source: United Nations ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Korea & the wider world
War began in June 1950. An armistice stopped the fighting in July 1953 without a peace treaty.
Source: U.S. National Archives ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Soviet Union & the wider world
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite.
Source: NASA ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · United States
The act prohibited discrimination in public places and employment and strengthened federal civil-rights protections.
Source: U.S. National Archives ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Vietnam & the United States
U.S. combat forces arrived in 1965. The 1973 Paris agreement provided for their withdrawal; the wider war continued.
Source: U.S. Department of State, archived country history ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →HISTORICAL CONTEXT · Worldwide
Apollo 11 brought the first humans to the lunar surface.
Source: NASA ↗Explore the family timeline in these years →A FAMILY ACCOUNT
During August of 1971 we were living in Salt Lake City, while Gary was going to graduate school. Gary had a break in his studies so we decided on impulse to make a fast trip to California to see his family. At this time Wendy was 4 years old and David 2 years' old.
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