Ernest Jerome Severson

Male7 December 1915–18 April 2016

Brief Life History of Ernest Jerome

When Ernest Jerome Severson was born on 7 December 1915, in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Andrew Hans Severson, was 37 and his mother, Emma Maria Halvorson, was 33. He married Pearl Kathryn Hoff on 15 August 1941, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States. He registered for military service in 1940. He died on 18 April 2016, in Glenwood City, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Glenwood City, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States.

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Ernest Jerome Severson
1915–2016
Pearl Kathryn Hoff
1921–2006
Marriage: 15 August 1941

Sources (6)

  • Earnest Severson in household of Andrew Severson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ernest J Severson, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Ernest J. Severson, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    15 August 1941San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 1

    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.

    1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed

    Age 4

    The first minimum wage law took effect in 1919 and specified women and children under 17 years of age should be paid 22 cents per hour.

    1942 · The Japanese American internment

    Age 27

    Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Sivertsen or of any of its cognates, such as Norwegian Syvertsen , the very rare Norwegian and Danish Siversen, and Swedish Sivertsson. Compare Severtson and Siverson .

    In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of North German Sievertsen (see Siverson 3).

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

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