Brief Life History of Oscar Wilhelm
When Oscar Wilhelm Dahlquist was born on 16 April 1894, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Andrew Dahlquist, was 34 and his mother, Mary Erickson, was 19. He married Erma La Verne Johnson on 19 June 1923. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Election District 10 Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 9 May 1988, in Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Oscar W. Dahlquist, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Oscar Wilhelm Dahlquist - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Oscar Wilhelm Dahlquist
- Oscar W Dahlquist, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1911
Historical Boundaries 1886: Uinta, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Uinta, Wyoming, United States 1911: Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Sven, Erik, Erland, Nels, Sig.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements dal ‘valley’ + quist, an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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