James Walden
1921–1970 (Age 49)
Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, United States
The Life of James
When James Walden was born in 1921, in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, United States, his father, Lawrence Walden, was 21 and his mother, Lydia A Hoppe, was 18. He died on 29 July 1970, in his hometown, at the age of 49.
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Family Time Line
Lawrence Walden
1900–1975
Lydia A Hoppe
1903–1990
James Walden
1921–1970
Parents and Siblings
1900–1975Male
1903–1990Female
siblings
(1)
1921–1970Male
World Events (3)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 2
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Age 2
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Age 10
The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places, in Essex, Hertfordshire, and North Yorkshire, named Walden, from Old English w(e)alh ‘foreigner’, ‘Briton’, ‘serf’ ( see Wallace ) + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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