Reynold Oswald Nygaard

Brief Life History of Reynold Oswald

When Reynold Oswald Nygaard was born on 6 February 1920, in Parkbeg, Wheatlands No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada, his father, Herman Emil Karlsen Nygaard, was 33 and his mother, Olise Margrete Olausdatter Dybbugt, was 29. He married Myrth Wilkinson on 26 November 1947, in Kootenai, Bonner, Idaho, United States. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 1 January 1996, in Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reynold Oswald Nygaard
1920–1996
Myrth Wilkinson
1921–2005
Marriage: 26 November 1947

Sources (36)

  • Reynold Nygard, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Birth Certificate - Reynold Nygaard
  • Reynold O. Nygaard, "Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961"

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World Events (8)

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1940

Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Oddvar, Asmund, Bernt, Helmer, Lars, Niels, Obert, Thor, Viggo.

Scandinavian (also Nygård): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named, from ny ‘new’ + gård (old spelling gaard) ‘farm’.

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

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Story Highlight

Remembering Grandpa Nygaard

Memories of my father-in-law by Chad Merrell My father-in-law was not a complex man. What you saw was what he was. He was without guile. He never had much in material goods but he never needed muc …

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