Elsie Regina Jensby Voss

Brief Life History of Elsie Regina Jensby

When Elsie Regina Jensby Voss was born on 31 January 1907, in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, her father, Lauritz Jensby Martin Voss, was 29 and her mother, Maren Christensen, was 23. She married Arthur James Braginton after 1929, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Monterey Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1940 and Alisal, Salinas, Monterey, California, United States in 1950. She died on 17 September 1968, in Monterey, Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

Arthur James Braginton
1905–1995
Elsie Regina Jensby Voss
1907–1968
Marriage: after 1929
James Arthur Braginton Jacobson
1934–1996

Sources (14)

  • Elsa Voss, "Iowa, State Census, 1925"
  • Elsie Regina Voss, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Elsie R Jacobson, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.

1925 · The Goodman Theatre

The Goodman Theatre was founded as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by his parents, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. The first theater was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and its opening ceremony was performed on October 20. 

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Heinz, Dieter, Ernst, Fritz, Gunther, Helmut, Ulrich, Erna.

North German: nickname from Middle Low German vos, vōs ‘fox’ for a clever or sly person. This surname is also found in the Netherlands (compare Vos ) and France (Alsace and Lorraine).

English: variant of Foss .

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

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