Alvin Norman Bakke

Brief Life History of Alvin Norman

When Alvin Norman Bakke was born on 27 February 1917, in Minnesota, United States, his father, Ingvald Bakke, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Nilsdatter Offerdahl, was 24. He lived in Warren, Marshall, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 December 1974, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

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Alvin Norman Bakke
1917–1974
Anna Marie Whaley
1912–1968

Sources (8)

  • Alvin N Bakke in household of Ingvald Bakke, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Alvin Bakke, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Alvin Bakke, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

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.

1933 · The Browns Valley Man

Just like the Minnesota Woman, The Browns Valley Man are deemed the oldest human remains found in Minnesota. They were found by W. H. Jenson, while he was laying gravel for his driveway, in the Traverse gap in western Minnesota. The remains are believed to be around 9,000 years old.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Jalmer, Anders, Astrid, Bergit, Bjorn, Dagny, Gudrun, Helmer, Knute, Ordell, Tollef.

Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named with Old Norse bakki ‘hillside, bank’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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