Otto Jensen Nør

Brief Life History of Otto Jensen

When Otto Jensen Nør was born on 7 May 1880, in Sundby, Morsø Nørre, Thisted, Denmark, his father, Jens Kristian Jørgensen Nør, was 41 and his mother, Johanne Christine Pedersdatter Kortbek, was 33. He died on 15 November 1976, in Coralville, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 96.

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Family Time Line

Jens Kristian Jørgensen Nør
1839–1927
Johanne Christine Pedersdatter Kortbek
1846–1913
George Kristian Jensen
1868–1939
Maren Østergaard Jensen Nør
1870–1954
Kristen Kortbek Jensen Nør
1872–1966
Peder Kortbeck Jensen Nør
1873–1954
Peder Kristian Jensen Nør
1875–1946
Karen Kortbeck Jensen Nør
1876–1881
Sidsel Marie Jensen Nør
1878–1943
Otto Jensen Nør
1880–1976
Karen Kortbek Jensen Nør
1882–
Thorvald Jensen Nør
1884–1936
Harald Jensen Nør
1886–1978
Viggo Jensen Nør
1888–1975

Sources (6)

  • Otto Nor in household of Povl Kristian Jorgensen Nor, "Denmark Census, 1906"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Otto Jensen Nor - Individual or family possessions: birth: 18 November 1897; Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
  • Otto Jensen Nór, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Muslim: variant of Nur .

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

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