When Esther Jane Nordquist was born on 16 December 1921, in Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States, her father, August William Nordquist, was 43 and her mother, Charlotte Viola McMains, was 27. She married Merlin Milton Hoffman on 7 August 1943, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States. She lived in Winchester, Lewis, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Winchester Election Precinct, Lewis, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 8 May 2012, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States.
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Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Construction on the Fort Peck Dam started in 1933. It is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River. It is located in the northeastern part of Montana near Glasgow and Fort Peck.
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Nels, Ove, Sigfrid.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements nord ‘north’ + quist, an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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