When Helge Rikard Jørgensen Gustad was born on 22 November 1868, in Skogn, Levanger, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, his father, Jørgen Olsen, was 42 and his mother, Andrea Hansdatter, was 39. He married Jorgine Bruget on 15 March 1894, in Mission Hill, Yankton, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Yankton, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years and Volin Township, Yankton, South Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 13 February 1941, in Volin, Yankton, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Volin, Yankton, South Dakota, United States.
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Birth year of Gustav Vigeland. Well-known Norwegian sculptor. His statues can be seen in Frogner Park in Oslo which sculpture area occupies 80 acres.
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Yankton, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Yankton, South Dakota, United States
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of twelve farmsteads so named. The first element is from either of two personal names, Old Norse Gautr ‘person from Götaland’ (in Sweden), or Old Norse Guthrekr, a compound of guth ‘god’ + rekr ‘powerful’. The second element is Old Norse stathr ‘farmstead’.
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