When Marvin Leroy Yorgason was born on 16 April 1912, in Granum, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada, his father, James Leroy Yorgason, was 23 and his mother, Florence Evelyn Vaile, was 19. He married Hazel Helena Hagen on 2 January 1934, in Stavely, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada. He lived in Fort Macleod, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 27 January 1971, in Claresholm, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 58, and was buried in Claresholm, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada.
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Americanized form of Swedish Jöransson: very rare patronymic from the personal name Jöran, a variant of Göran, Swedish equivalent of George .
History: The progenitor of the Yorgasons was Sören Jöransson from Sweden, who settled in UT in the middle of the 19th century. His surname was changed first to Jorgensson and then to Yorgason. One of his two sons had eight wives and more than 20 children.
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