Brief Life History of Orson Pratt Lauritz
When Orson Pratt Lauritz Rasmussen was born on 11 August 1880, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Hans Lauritz Rasmussen, was 27 and his mother, Petrine Elizabeth Nielsen, was 24. He died on 9 August 1883, in his hometown, at the age of 2.
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Jorgen, Niels, Bent, Holger, Thor, Borge, Knute, Per, Alf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Rasmus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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