Paul Orlo Langness

Brief Life History of Paul Orlo

When Paul Orlo Langness was born on 22 May 1880, in Baltic, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, his father, Ole Olsen Langness, was 33 and his mother, Mali Paulsdatter Risvold, was 31. He married Nettie May Box on 20 December 1903. They were the parents of at least 10 sons. He lived in Richmond, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Wisconsin, United States in 1969. He died on 21 January 1969, in New Richmond, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in New Richmond Cemetery, New Richmond, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paul Orlo Langness
1880–1969
Nettie May Box
1884–1972
Marriage: 20 December 1903
Orlo Henry Langness
1905–1942
Merriell Emmett Langness
1907–1994
Kenneth Lorum LeRoy Langness
1910–1988
Jerome Paul Langness
1912–1995
Francis Palmer Langness
1914–1962
Lyle Edmond Langness
1915–1984
Dennis Arnold Langness
1918–1983
Wesley C Langness
1919–1980
Milo Ralph Langness
1923–1966
Gilbert D Langness
1924–2013

Sources (23)

  • Paul O Langness, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Paul Langness, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014"
  • Paul D Langness, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1881

Historical Boundaries: 1881: Minnehaha, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Sig.

Norwegian: rare variant, and an Americanized form, of Langnes, a habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Langnes, from lang ‘long’ + nes ‘headland, point’.

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

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