Brief Life History of Clarence Banonis
When Clarence Banonis Borgen was born on 17 April 1899, in Mooreton, Richland, North Dakota, United States, his father, Frederick Hans Borgen, was 24 and his mother, Julia Isabella Rovang, was 26. He married Ruth G Birch on 28 February 1969, in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States. He lived in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States for about 5 years and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. He died on 1 January 1977, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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- Clarence Borgan in household of Fred H Borgan, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Clarence B Borgen, "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
- Clarence B. Borgen, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Jan Erik.
Danish and Norwegian: variant of Borg , the definite form singular of borg ‘fortification, stronghold’.
Norwegian: in some cases, a compound of two elements, borg ‘fortification, stronghold’ and Old Norse vin ‘meadow’, e.g. the name written as Byrghini in 1331, in the province of Akershus.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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