Brief Life History of Florence
When Florence Helland was born on 17 June 1923, in Cornell, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Albert Ole Helland, was 22 and her mother, Phoebe Belle Moore, was 17. She married Leslie Arthur Christopherson on 1 November 1941, in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 12 February 1982, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 58.
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Sources (3)
- Florence Helland, "United States Census, 1940"
- Florence Christopherson in entry for Kenneth Russel Helland, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Florence Christopherson in entry for Gordon Lee Christopherson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law
The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Alfhild, Lars, Oivind, Sig, Sigvard.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named, notably in the counties of Rogaland and Hordaland, mostly from Old Norse Helgaland (see Helgeland ), but in some cases from Old Norse hella ‘flat stone, flagstone, flat mountain’ or hellir ‘cave’ + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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