Brief Life History of Edwin Albert
When Edwin Albert Dravland was born on 20 July 1896, in Rosholt, Roberts, South Dakota, United States, his father, Kristen Dravland, was 41 and his mother, Ellen Birgitta or Bergetta Falstad, was 37. He married Lillian Vane on 20 February 1920, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Victor, Roberts, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Beresford, Union, South Dakota, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 8 January 1965, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hills of Rest Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.
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- Edwin Dravland, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edwin Albert Dravland - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Edwin Albert Dravland
- Edwin A. Dravland, "Find A Grave Index"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899
Find a Grave Memorials shows that the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1899. Mabel N. Newcomb BIRTH 28 Oct 1898 DEATH 3 Jan 1899 (aged 2 months) BURIAL Hills of Rest Memorial Park Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA PLOT Section T MEMORIAL ID 62234703
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
From an Old English personal name derived from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + wine ‘friend’. It was borne by a 7th-century king of Northumbria, who was converted to Christianity by St Paulinus and was killed in battle against pagan forces, a combination of circumstances which led to his being venerated as a martyr. The name occurs occasionally from the mid 16th century, but in modern use it is largely the result of a 19th-century revival.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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