Walter George Edborg Jr

Brief Life History of Walter George

When Walter George Edborg Jr was born on 4 February 1915, in Illinois, United States, his father, Walter George Edborg, was 25 and his mother, Mayme Grace Van Winkle, was 21. He married Jewell Elinor Olson on 14 October 1941, in Clark, Nevada, United States. He lived in Santa Monica Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 12 December 1966, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Walter George Edborg Jr
1915–1966
Margaret Dolores O’Connor
1929–1999
Marriage: 18 May 1963

Sources (17)

  • Walter G Edborg, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Walter G Edborg, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Walter G Edburg, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"

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1925 · Woman's World's Fair

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1929

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Name Meaning

Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage, isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + berg ‘mountain, hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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