Brief Life History of Thelma
When Thelma Sonstegaard was born on 3 March 1908, in Grenora, Williams, North Dakota, United States, her father, Elling Halvorsen Sonstegaard, was 27 and her mother, Dorothea M Watten, was 25. She married Chester Johannes Trulson on 31 August 1929, in Plentywood, Sheridan, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Daneville Township, Divide, North Dakota, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. She died on 18 December 1991, in Williams, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Grenora Cemetery, Grenora, Williams, North Dakota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Thelma Trulson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thelma Sonstegaard - Government record: birth: 3 March 1908; Divide, North Dakota, United States
- Thelma Sonstegaard, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
Spouse and Children
1908–1999 Male
1908–1991 Female
Children (3)
1930–2002 Male
1934–2019 Female
1936–2007 Male
Parents and Siblings
1881–1958 Male
1882–1978 Female
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1902–1984 Female
1904–2004 Female
1905–1995 Male
1908–1991 Female
1910–2003 Female
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
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Name Meaning
First used by the novelist Marie Corelli for the heroine of her novel Thelma ( 1887 ). She was supposed to be Norwegian, but it is not a traditional Scandinavian name. Greek thelēma (neuter) means ‘wish’ or ‘(act of) will’, and the name could perhaps be interpreted as a contracted form of this.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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