Brief Life History of Lauritz
When Lauritz Larsen Melgaard was born on 10 November 1868, in Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norway, his father, Lars Hansen Melgaard, was 36 and his mother, Anne Olsdatter Koelgaard, was 33. He married Petra Pedersdatter Stakston on 25 June 1910, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tegner Township, Kittson, Minnesota, United States in 1910 and Kennedy, Kittson, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 June 1933, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Kennedy, Kittson, Minnesota, United States.
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- Lauritz Melgaard, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lauritz Melgaard, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Lauritz Melgaard, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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World Events (8)
1869 · Gustav Vigeland
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.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Born at Melgard, Sygard, Hundorp 1912 State Bank of Kennedy incorporated with brother H. L. Melgaard president and Lauritz cashier. 1912 part of a group organizing a farm elevator company in Kennedy …
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