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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Family Time Line
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"
Spouse and Children
1915–2016 Male
1921–2006 Female
Parents and Siblings
1878–1947 Male
1882–1959 Female
Siblings (3)
1910–1913 Female
1915–2016 Male
1919–1984 Male
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed
Age 4
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 27
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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