Gladys Backlund

Brief Life History of Gladys

When Gladys Backlund was born on 9 February 1922, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, her father, Daniel Severus Backlund, was 39 and her mother, Elena Nelson, was 38. She married Robert Allan Scott on 18 September 1944, in Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Riverdale Election Precinct, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 25 November 2007, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in New Sweden Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Allan Scott
1915–2003
Gladys Backlund
1922–2007
Marriage: 18 September 1944
Larry Allan Scott
1947–2017

Sources (42)

  • Gladys Scott, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Gladys Backlund, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • Gladys Scott, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nels, Sven, Anders, Evald, Jan Erik, Nils.

Swedish:

ornamental name composed of the elements back(e) ‘hill’ + lund ‘grove’.

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

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