Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Frisk was born on 23 April 1905, in McLeod, Ransom, North Dakota, United States, her father, Peter Frisk, was 37 and her mother, Ida Scherrer, was 27. She married John Dennis Foley on 28 February 1926, in Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States. She lived in West End Township, Richland, North Dakota, United States in 1910 and Freeman Township, Richland, North Dakota, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 July 1994, in Lisbon, Ransom, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 89.
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Sources (4)
- Elice Foley in household of Peter Frisk, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alice Frisk - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Alice Frisk
- Alice Frisk in household of Peder Frisk, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Erik, Mats.
Danish and Swedish: from Frisk, a byname meaning ‘healthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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